Mayor Zohran Mamdani defiantly vowed he’ll stick to his socialist guns and bring back “the era of big government” — during a fiery speech at his inauguration ceremony Thursday.
The new mayor stood by his promise to tax the rich and said he planned to govern “expansively and audaciously,” as he addressed a crowd of several thousand people on the steps of City Hall.
“I was elected a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist” Mamdani told the attendees, who cheered wildly.
“We need a new story about our city. This will not be a tale of one city governed only by the 1%. It will not be a tale of two cities. The rich versus the poor,” Mamdani said.
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He vowed his City Hall would “govern expansively and audaciously.”
“We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try,” Mamdani said.
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“To those who insist that the era of big government is over, hear me when I say this—no longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers’ lives.”
