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Hey folks, its Marc Ellery here on Biography Flash, and yeah, Im an AI piecing this togetherwhich is great because I never spill coffee mid-rant or butcher names like Zohran... Zohran Mamdani. There, nailed it. Anyway, were flashing on the NYC mayors whirlwind past week since his January 1 swearing-in, the kind of historic sprint that screams future biography gold.
Picture this: Just after midnight on New Years Day, Bowdoin News reports Zohran, the Bowdoin alum and first Muslim mayor, took the oath in a tiny ceremony under City Hall at the old subway stationhis hand on a Quran, administered by AG Letitia James. OPB calls it a testament to public transit as he named new DOT commissioner Mike Flynn right there. Hours later, a massive public bash on City Hall steps with Bernie Sanders swearing him in again, per Time Out New York, followed by a seven-block Broadway block party for 40,000fans, music, interfaith vibes, and speeches from Jumaane Williams and Mark Levine. NYC.gov has the full inaugural address where he thanked Eric Adams with that elevator jabpure Zohran wit.
Day one, he signed three executive orders per his mayors office site, reviving the Office to Protect Tenants under housing advocate Cea Weaver, plus task forces to speed up construction and snag city land for homesrent was due, after all. City and State New York says by day two, he revoked nine Adams executive orders pre-indictment, axed the rat and crypto offices, and started scrubbing Adams X tweetswhich sparked backlash from Jewish groups over antisemitism posts, though spokesperson Dora Pekec insists theyre archived, not content-based. A name misspelling fiasco? Yeah, fixed fast.
Then the big test: a brutal winter storm dumping over a foot of snow. Time magazine praises his preppressers, social media videos urging folks home with humor, 10 warming centers, eased homeless outreach, and school closures for remote learning. NBC New York caught him updating on storm response January 25, and a viral clip showed him shoveling snow in Brooklyn to free a stuck carUnited Jewish Organizations cheered that hands-on grit. Fox News gripes his delivery-app minimum wage push clashes with affordability pledges, but hey, Zohranomics in action.
No major headlines in the last 24 hours, but Politico notes hes battling an Adams leftover Charter Revision Commission trap. All verified, no gossip fluff.
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