Mayor Zohran Mamdani defiantly vows to stick to socialist agenda in fiery inauguration speech

Mayor Zohran Mamdani will govern “expansively and audaciously,” he said — vowing to stick to his sweeping socialist agenda and bring back “the era of big government” in a fiery speech at his public inauguration ceremony Thursday.

The far-left pol — who went from a backbencher Queens state assemblyman to the most powerful official in New York City — defiantly stood by his promise to tax the rich as he addressed several thousand onlookers from the steps of City Hall.

“I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist,” he told the packed crowd of several thousand on a frigid New Year’s Day.

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