{"id":458355,"date":"2025-12-19T19:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/458355\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T19:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:05:42","slug":"exclusive-zohran-mamdani-planning-massive-nyc-party-as-part-of-mayoral-inauguration-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/458355\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Zohran Mamdani planning massive NYC party as part of mayoral inauguration: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zohran Mamdani is planning himself a party.<\/p>\n<p>The socialist mayor-elect will throw a blowout bash \u2014 closing off streets and packing the area around City Hall with tens of thousands of people \u2014 to celebrate his incoming administration on January 1, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The mayoral transition has been planning the massive gathering in downtown Manhattan, which will shut down Broadway south of Canal Street \u2014 a stretch known as the Canyon of Heroes that is typically used for ticker-tape parades, sources said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49707602;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37974687\" width=\"883\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/new-york-city-s-mayor-117611373.jpg\" alt=\"New York City\u2019s mayor-elect Zorhan Mamdani speaking at a podium.\" class=\"wp-image-37974687\"  \/>Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will throw a blowout bash to celebrate his incoming administration on January 1, The Post has learned. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n<p>The inauguration plans were described by insiders as a massive festival or street fair, with the transition expecting between 40,000 and 50,000 attendees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants some sort of \u2018man of the people\u2019 display around City Hall,\u201d one source said.<\/p>\n<p>The transition is expected to foot the bill for the event, but insiders pointed out that the bash will surely put a strain on the NYPD and other city workers after the New Year\u2019s Eve celebration in Times Square the night before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, all the expensive big money donors will be paying?\u201d one Democratic source asked. \u201cI thought this was the populist change from the corrupt Adams administration \u2014 but I\u2019m glad they see [that] if they want to do something, it costs money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heading up the planning for the transition is former Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s staffer, Ellyn Canfield, who worked under him as the head of mayoral events and street permitting.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders also questioned hosting an outdoor fair in what could be a bitterly cold January \u2014 just hours after the city rings in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA street fair in January?\u201d the first source joked, \u201cHopefully, I can get some knock-off socks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani is planning himself a party. 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