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De Blasio Sworn In as Mayor of New York
[An Nahar] New York's new Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio was sworn in Wednesday promising to restore progressive ideals and end growing economic inequality in America's biggest city.De Blasio, 52, who in November won a landslide election to become New York's first Democratic mayor in 20 years, took the oath of office one minute after midnight during a ceremony in front of his Brooklyn home, flanked by his wife Chirlane and their two teenaged children. "This is the beginning of a road we will travel together," he told a few dozen supporters gathered outside his home, during a short speech ahead of a formal swearing in ceremony later Wednesday. Posted by: Fred 2014-01-02 |
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