The New York Times

Seemingly overnight, T-shirts with the likeness of the new mayor have become common in New York City.

Bryan Reisberg built a social media following in the millions by carrying his corgi, Maxine, in a backpack. Now, he carries shelter dogs.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as mayor of New York City. They were aimed at protecting tenants and revoking some of ex-Mayor Eric Adams’s past orders.

Mr. Mamdani reaffirmed that he would govern New York City as a democratic socialist and assured even those who had not voted for him: “I am your mayor.”

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.

Thousands of New Yorkers packed the plaza ouside City Hall and the streets of Lower Manhattan to see Mayor Zohran Mamdani take office.

In his inaugural address, Mayor Zohran Mamdani frequently invoked the cuisines of New York as metaphors for the city’s diversity, ambitions and promise.

Zohran Mamdani gave his first public speech as mayor of New York City, after a public inauguration that drew tens of thousands of people.

Mr. Williams, New York City’s public advocate, teared up as he addressed a portion of his remarks to his younger self, captivating the crowd.

New York’s new mayor challenged his supporters and his opponents to make the city better, and to hold him to account.

Imam Khalid Latif, of the Islamic Center of New York City, was joined onstage by other religious leaders.

Catherine Almonte Da Costa was part of a photo shoot on the mayor-elect’s inner circle. The next day she resigned amid an uproar over antisemitic statements she had posted on social media years earlier.