DJ Daniel Sworn in as NYC Deputy Mayor of Public Safety

Thirteen-year-old Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel, the cancer survivor recognized by President Donald Trump earlier this year during his joint address to Congress (who Democrats infamously refused to applaud), was sworn in as New York City’s honorary deputy mayor for public safety.

According to Fox News:

Mayor Eric Adams teased the swearing-in ceremony by announcing that Deputy Mayor Kaz Daughtry would be "stepping aside" from his public safety leadership role. "I will be stepping down just for a small bit today, and DJ Daniel will be taking my place as the honorary deputy mayor for public safety," Daughtry said Tuesday morning, joking about the "breaking news today."

Adams announced ahead of Daniel's swearing-in that the 13-year-old had set the Guinness Book of World record for being sworn into the most law enforcement agencies across the country at more than 1,350, including a role as the New York City police commissioner earlier this year. 

Mayor Adams said public safety remains his administration’s top priority and that Daniel would spend the rest of the day visiting New York landmarks such as the Empire State Building. Adams also presented Daniel with a proclamation after the swearing-in ceremony. His main opponent Zohran Mamdani has demonized the police as racist and backed defunding the police. 

Daniel has battled brain and spinal cancer since he was six years old, and was initially told he only had months to live. In May, two months after becoming an honorary Secret Service agent, he was diagnosed with three new tumors.