Updated 07:20 PM EDT, Thu, Mar 28, 2024

NYC Mayoral Inauguration 2014 Livestream: Bill de Blasio Sworn in as Mayor by Bill Clinton

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Using a bible once owned by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bill de Blasio will be sworn in by former President Bill Clinton as New York City's 109th mayor Wednesday at noon.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to make a cameo at the ceremony which will take place on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan, reports the Gothamist.

"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 de Blasio in a press release, reports the New York Times. "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."

While millions of people flooded NYC's Time Square to watch the famous ball drop Wednesday at midnight, de Blasio was officially sworn in as mayor by NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman with his wife, Chirlane McCray, and their children, Dante and Chiara, by his side. He took the oath of office moments after midnight at his home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, becoming the first Democrat mayor to lead the nation's largest city in two decades.

"To everyone, this is the beginning of a road we will travel together," de Blasio said after taking the oath administered by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, according to Fox News.

The new mayor was elected two months ago by a record margin after running on a campaign platform that promised to make a sharp break from the Bloomberg Administration. During his 12-year tenure, Michael Bloomberg reshaped New York as one of the nation's safest and most prosperous big cities, however the city has become increasingly stratified between the wealthy and the working class.

Don't worry if you don't have front row tickets to Bill de Blasio's artisanal inauguration, you can watch it via live stream below.

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