President Clinton and NYC Mayor-Elect Bill De Blasio
MAYOR-ELECT BILL DE BLASIO TO BE SWORN IN BY PRESIDENT CLINTON
New York, NY – On January 1, 2014, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will be sworn in by President Bill Clinton. Following a ceremony featuring diverse and talented New Yorkers from across the city, President Clinton will swear de Blasio in as the 109th Mayor of New York City.
President Clinton will attend the ceremony with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Mayor-elect de Blasio has worked for both, serving as a Regional Director at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during President Clinton’s administration and then as campaign manager for Secretary Clinton’s successful 2000 U.S. Senate campaign.
“I was honored to serve in President Clinton’s Administration and on Secretary Clinton’s campaign for U.S. Senate, and I am honored again that they will both join our celebration for all of New York City,” said Mayor-elect de Blasio. “Wednesday’s ceremony will be an event for every New Yorker from all five boroughs, and Chirlane and I couldn’t be more excited to have President Clinton and Secretary Clinton stand with us.”
President Clinton will swear in the Mayor-elect using a bible once owned by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The bible is on loan from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York.
Lissette Ortiz, a senior at Medgar Evers College, will introduce President Clinton. Born in the Dominican Republic, Lissette moved to the United States when she was 15 and now lives in the Bronx and plans to pursue a career in public administration.
The January 1st ceremony, which will be held on the steps of City Hall, will begin at 12:00 PM and last for approximately one hour.
