A taxi driver, a campaign aide, a former comptroller, a field organizer, and a certain crime-fighting radio host.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's historic inauguration will feature Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

"I would like to be there to show the smooth, peaceful transition of power. We both know how important that is," the outgoing mayor said.

The demonstration, staged by around ten members of the Unhoused Activist Community Team (U-ACT), called on the city to increase its support for people without stable housing. It took place at Thursday’s two-hour inauguration ceremony at Fair Haven School, where a host of local elected officials were sworn in to a new term in office.

A communal spectacle, spilling out of City Hall into the streets of Broadway, conveyed how many New Yorkers see the promise in a Zohran Mamdani mayoralty.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is set to introduce New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Thursday as Republicans aim to paint him as the leader of the Democratic Party. The GOP has persisted in its efforts in recent months to tie Democrats to the socialist who won the high-profile New York mayoral race last month.