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Mayor Zohran Mamdani signing an executive order in Brooklyn on Jan. 2, 2025.

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Mayor Mamdani’s revocation of executive orders related to antisemitism, Israel add to distrust for many Jewish New Yorkers

By Claude Solnik, Adam Daly and Robert Pozarycki

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Hans, Denise van Beauvencomp op-ed: A gift for the new year

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Smoke rises from explosions in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 3, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from video obtained by Reuters.

Caribbean alarmed as US strikes Venezuela, Maduro captured

By Bert Wilkinson

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signs an executive order Friday at Grand Army Plaza, surrounded by campaign volunteers, Tasha Van Auken, commissioner of the newly created Mayor’s Office of Mass Engagement, and Ali Najmi, chair of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary

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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor taps DSA organizer to lead new ‘Office of Mass Engagement’

By Adam Daly

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Mamdani appoints election attorney, advisor Ali Najmi to chair judiciary committee

By Isabella Gallo

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Meet Mike Flynn, Mayor Mamdani’s newly minted Transportation Department head

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Jan. 1, 2026, New York City, New York, USA: Immigrants swear in Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams, with his wife India Sneed and family looking on, during a ceremony at City Hall. Zohran Mamdani was later sworn in as the 112th Mayor of New York City at City Hall. Mamdani is the city's first Muslim mayor, its first of South Asian descent and the first to be born in Africa. At 34, he is also the city's youngest mayor since the late 19th century.

Brooklyn

Williams inaugurated on steps of City Hall

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is sworn in by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

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Mamdani enters office with commitments to New York’s LGBTQ community

By Matt Tracy

Street Vendors gather at City Hall to celebrate passage of the Street Vendor Reform Package. Photo courtesy of Street Vendor Project.

Queens

Street vendors criticize Adams for 11th-hour veto of Street Vendor Reform Package

By Shane O’Brien

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Ban on anonymous child abuse reports is civil rights win, advocates say

By Isabella Gallo

Mayor Zohran Mamdan sworn in by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at inauguration

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Mamdani inauguration: Common democratic socialist themes trumpeted by slate of ceremony speakers

By Shea Vance

Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured signing three of his first five executive orders aimed at tackling the city’s housing crisis during a press conference at an apartment building in Brooklyn

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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: New mayor gets started by revoking Adams-era orders, relaunches tenant rights office

By Adam Daly

Mayor Zohran Mamdani addresses New York City in his inauguration address.

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Zohran Mamdani inauguration: Read the new Mayor’s address

By amNewYork

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and wife Rama Duwaji at his inauguration

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Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration: New mayor vows not to soften democratic socialist agenda for governing NYC

By Adam Daly

Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes the oath of office

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MAYOR MAMDANI: Queens democratic socialist takes the oath of office as NYC’s 112th mayor

By Robert Pozarycki

Mayor Eric Adams speaking in front of sign listing items banned from Times Square

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Last acts: Outgoing Mayor Adams vetoes 19 bills protecting street vendors, workers, and affordable housing

By Isabella Gallo

State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal delivers remarks on Election Night after he was elected Manhattan borough president.

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In State Senate farewell, Hoylman-Sigal recalls progress on LGBTQ rights

By Matt Tracy

Zohran Mamdani speaking at podium in front of campaign banner

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Mamdani to appoint veteran transit leaders to DOT and Operations top spots

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Queens

Bills outlining civil service protections against artificial intelligence and discrimination pass City Council

By Renee DeLorenzo

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Brooklyn

Just Home supportive housing project not moving to Brooklyn — at least not yet

By Emily Swanson

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Anti-mask legislation highlighted in city’s first-annual report from the Office to Combat Antisemitism

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Gov. Kathy Hochul has given clemency to 13 New Yorkers, including a Massapequa-native and somebody who was convicted of robbery in Oceanside.

Nassau

Gov. Hochul gives clemency to 13, including a Massapequa resident and a person convicted of robbery in Oceanside

By Casey Fahrer

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Bill O’Reilly Column: Bank it

By Bill O’Reilly

Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani (left) and Gov. Kathy Hochul.

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2026 PREVIEW: Beyond Mayor Mamdani, these will likely be the biggest New York political stories in the new year

By Adam Daly

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An Elmhurst man was arraigned in Brooklyn federal court last month for his involvement in Greggy's Culf, an online group that sexually exploited children on the internet, according to federal prosecutors.

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