Mayors

• Mamdani Will Be First N.Y.C. Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In - Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s first Muslim mayor, will use two family Qurans and one that belonged to the writer Arturo Schomburg at his two swearing-in ceremonies.
• Mamdani Chooses a Veteran N.Y.C. Education Leader as Schools Chancellor - The selection of Kamar Samuels, who leads schools on the West Side of Manhattan, could help Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani craft his schools agenda.
• Mamdani Inauguration to Usher in ‘New Era’ With Broadway Block Party - Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as New York City’s new mayor on Jan. 1, alongside a party spanning seven blocks that will accommodate 40,000 spectators, his transition team said.
• Eric Adams Swaggered Into City Hall, and Now He’s Swaggering Out - Interviewed as he prepares to leave office, Mayor Eric Adams said that he hadn’t gotten the credit he deserved and that certain forces had always been arrayed against him.
• The Mayor-Elect of New Orleans Is Already Awash in Challenges - A month before taking office, Helena Moreno is steering the city through a budget crisis and a Border Patrol enforcement operation that has immigrants in hiding.