Mamdani’s election serves as a beacon of hope to the marginalised and forgotten. (AP Photo)
Zohran Mamdani became the mayor of the New York City on Thursday after taking the oath of office at subway station in United States’ Manhattan, news agency AP reported.
Placing his hand on the holy Quran, Mamdani took his oath to become the first Muslim leader of America’s biggest city.
Mamdani used his grandfather’s Quran and one that belonged to Arturo Schomburg, the Black writer and historian. It will be lent to the mayor by the New York Public Library, according to a New York Times report.
“This is truly the honour and the privilege of a lifetime,” AP quoted Mamdani as saying after the oath-taking ceremony.
In a small, private ceremony at the old City Hall station, one of the city’s original subway stops, the oath was administered by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a political ally, around Thursday midnight, AP noted.
He will be sworn in again, in a grander style, in a public block party outside the City Hall at 1 pm by US Senator Bernie Sanders.
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In addition to being the city’s first Muslim mayor, Mamdani is also its first of South Asian descent and the first to be born in Africa.
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Mamdani’s election serves as a beacon of hope to the marginalised and forgotten. (AP Photo) 
