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Bill Clinton Swears In Mayor De Blasio, Who Promises To Make New York "One City"
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Jan 1, 2014
Modified Jan 1, 2014
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Jan 1, 2014
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As promised, former President Bill Clinton swore Bill de Blasio in as the 109th NYC mayor today, praising the new administration and calling the de Blasios "our real modern family." And in his inaugural speech, de Blasio said he will strive to close the inequality gap that has seemingly widened citywide over the past few years, promising to make New York "One City."
The former president commended former Mayor Bloomberg for the work he did in his 12 years in office. "He leaves a city stronger and healthier than he found it," Clinton said. And he's looking forward to the de Blasio regime. "I strongly endorse Bill de Blasio's core campaign commitment that we have to have a city of shared opportunity, shared prosperity, shared responsibilities," Clinton said. "This inequality problem bedevils the entire country, and I can tell you from my work, much of the world. We cannot go forward if we don't do it together."
Clinton also wasted no time in pointing out the welcome diversity de Blasio, wife Chirlane McCray and children Chiara and Dante bring as the new First Family of NYC. "With all respect to the television show, they're our real modern family," he said.
In his inaugural speech after this ceremonial swearing-in (the real one was at midnight), de Blasio spoke about the equality gap that colored most of his campaign. "When I said we would take dead aim at the Tale of Two Cities, I meant it," he said. "We will succeed as One City. We know this won’t be easy. It will require all that we can muster. And it won’t be accomplished only by me. It will be accomplished by all of us—those of us here today, and millions of everyday New Yorkers in every corner of our city."
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