Zohran Mamdani will be the first New York City mayor to be sworn in on a Quran when he takes his oath of office on January 1st. Mamdani will be the first Muslim mayor of the Big Apple. According to the New York Post, Mamdani will use at least three different sets of the Quran to take the oath of office during public and private ceremonies. Zohran Mamdani will become first NYC mayor sworn in on Quran when he takes oath of office https://t.co/mvQT31E48R pic.twitter.com/O0wK1pcsDM — New York Post (@nypost) December 31, 2025 More from the New York Post: The far-left pol is expected to use his grandfather’s Quran and one that belonged to black writer and historian Arturo Schomburg, lent by the New York Public Library, during a private midnight ceremony at the abandoned Old City Hall subway station. During his daytime oath of office outside City Hall, he will again use his grandfather’s religious book and at least one other family Quran, the New York Times first reported and Mamdani’s rep confirmed. State Attorney General Letitia James will swear in Mamdani at midnight while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will deliver the oath of office to the democratic socialist later in the day. Recent mayors have used a variety of different religious texts with personal meaning and historical significance when getting sworn into office. The Old City Hall station was part of the city’s first subway line. It was decommissioned in 1945. “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, according to NBC New York. “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,” he added. EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration. https://t.co/qBmYXIeZGk — Streetsblog New York (@StreetsblogNYC) December 29, 2025 NBC New York shared further: Mamdani’s transition formed an inaugural committee that includes actor John Turturro, playwright Cole Escola and writer Colson Whitehead, as well as advocates, small business owners and campaign workers who the incoming mayor’s office says have “provided perspective, guidance, and cultural sensibility” for the ceremony. The public swearing-in will be accompanied by a block party along a stretch of Broadway leading up to City Hall. Mamdani’s office expects thousands of people to attend and says there will be performances, music and interfaith elements.