Former President Bill Clinton will lead the swearing-in ceremony for Bill de Blasio, who next week will become New York City’s first Democratic mayor in 20 years.
Set to become the city’s 109th mayor on Jan. 1, de Blasio said in a statement Saturday that he is honored to have Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at the ceremony. The swearing-in will be performed with a bible once owned by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
De Blasio has a long professional history with the Clintons. He served as a regional director of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration, and later worked as campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s successful Senate bid in 2000.
De Blasio pulled off a landslide victory in the November mayoral election, beating Republican opponent Joe Lhota by 49 points. His progressive campaign focused on a class-based message, saying New York has become a tale of two cities — one city for the rich and another for the poor. His popularity has been widely seen as a rebuke of the city’s leadership under outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The hour-long swearing-in ceremony will be performed Wednesday at noon on the steps of City Hall.
— Isaac Dovere contributed to this report.
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