FULL: Zohran Mamdani delivers first speech as New York City's mayor, promising to tax the rich

Описание: Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking over one of the most unrelenting jobs in American politics with a promise to transform government on behalf of the city's striving, struggling working class.

Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall just after midnight on New Year's Eve, placing his hand on a Quran as he took his oath as the city's first Muslim mayor.

Mamdani peppered his remarks with references to those New Yorkers, citing workers in steel-toed boots, halal cart vendors "whose knees ache from working all day" and cooks "wielding a thousand spices."

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