an official act that symbolically kicks off a new era with a tribute to an older one as well as shows a commitment to transit riders.

Mamdani said he views the station as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration, including the transformative politics that built the subway in the first place.

“When Old City Hall Station first opened in 1904 — one of New York’s 28 original subway stations — it was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives,” Mamdani told Streetsblog in a statement. "That ambition need not be a memory confined only to our past, nor must it be isolated only to the tunnels beneath City Hall: It will be the purpose of the administration fortunate enough to serve New Yorkers from the building above.

I fell hard for Obama’s Hope campaign in the first election I ever voted in, and now I try to make an effort to balance not putting too much faith into politicians with not being too much of a cynical asshole. But, I have to admit those words combined with the TMNT nostalgia vibes are tugging at my millennial heart strings. 🥹

Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) will conduct the ceremonial swearing-in at the daytime event, which will occur alongside a car-free “block party” on Broadway between Liberty and Murray streets.

Bernie Sanders and a block party!?! Politicians making a legit effort to make the commoners feel included??!