Mamdani To Be Sworn In At Abandoned City Hall Subway Station: What To Know

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to hold a private swearing-in ceremony at midnight on New's Year Day at the abandoned City Hall subway station.

“When Old City Hall Station first opened in 1904 — one of New York’s 28 original subway stations — it was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives,” Mamdani said in a statement. “That ambition need not be a memory confined only to our past, nor must it be isolated only to the tunnels beneath City Hall: it will be the purpose of the administration fortunate enough to serve New Yorkers from the building above.”

The news of the ceremony was first reported by Streetsblog NYC.

Letitia James, the New York attorney general, will perform the swearing in front of a small group including Mamdani's family and a few top advisers, according to the report.

The old City Hall station first opened in 1904 and was closed down in 1945 due to its curved platform not lining up with the doors of newer subway trains.

Later in the day on Jan. 1, Mamdani will ring in his inauguration with a block party along Broadway in Downtown Manhattan.

The block party will stretch from Liberty Street to Murray Street, leading up to City Hall. It will take before Mamdani’s inauguration ceremony that is scheduled for 1 p.m.

New Yorkers at the block party will be able to watch the ceremony being livestreamed on large screens.

The mayor-elect will be joined by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and comptroller-elect Mark Levine for another swearing-in ceremony at City Hall.

In addition, Sen. Bernie Sanders will give the oath of office at the mayor-elect's public swearing-in ceremony at City Hall.

There will be 4,000 tickets for the event at City Hall, according to the New York Times. The block party will be able to accommodate around 40,000 spectators.

The 34-year-old defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa in the general election in November.

New Yorkers interested in attending the "Inauguration of a New Era," has to RSVP online.

Mamdani will be New York City’s 112th mayor.