Inauguration 2014: Bill de Blasio sworn in as 109th mayor of NYC
The new year brought New Yorkers a new mayor and a host of other new elected officials, many of whom call Brooklyn their home.
Chief among them is Bill de Blasio, who was sworn in as New York City’s 109th mayor shortly after midnight on Wednesday, January 1, on the steps of his family’s Park Slope brownstone. He was joined by his wife Chirlane McCray and two teenage children, Chiara and Dante.
The midnight ceremony was officiated by State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who was also present at the big formal inauguration at City Hall later that day, where de Blasio again took the oath of office, this time with a Bible once owned by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and guided by former President Bill Clinton.