The first Muslim Mayor of New York City

History was made when Zohran Mamdani became the first Muslim to lead the largest city in the United States. Mamdani was sworn in as New York City mayor just after midnight in a ceremony at a defunct Manhattan subway station.

He also known as the city's youngest mayor in generations at 34 and South Asian, African descent.

Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, the son of filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani. The new mayor moved to New York at the age of 7 and became a U.S. citizen in 2018.

"Thank you very much, everyone, I'll see you later," Mamdani said, before attending a more elaborate public inauguration at 1 p.m. at the City Hall.

On his first day as mayor, he vowed to "reinvent" New York City and promised a "new era" for America's largest city and an ambitious start to his term.

Mamdani said "moments like this are rare and even rarer when the people themselves have their hands on the levers of change".

The socialist-democrat star, once a virtually unknown state assemblyman, is now the first Muslim mayor to be sworn in using the Quran.