NEW YORK (AP) -- Less than 24 hours after throngs of ecstatic supporters poured into Manhattan for his history-making inauguration, Zohran Mamdani began his first full day of work with a routine familiar to many New Yorkers: trudging to the subway from a cramped apartment.

The building at 505 West Chapel Hill Street in Durham has sat empty for more than seven years, after serving as the site of the police headquarters.