Bill de Blasio Sworn In As 109th Mayor Of New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio was sworn in as the 109th mayor of New York City just after midnight New Year's Day, in a small ceremony outside his Brooklyn home.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio was sworn in as the 109th mayor of New York City just after midnight New Year's Day, in a small ceremony outside his Brooklyn home.
New York City welcomed 2014 with a crowd of over a million in Times Square early Wednesday morning – and a new mayor and administration starting a new page in city history.
Bloomberg's final 48 hours in office included the unveiling of his official City Hall portrait and the signing of legislation banning plastic foam food containers and adding e-cigarettes to the indoor smoking ban. He will leave office when the clock strikes midnight and a new year is ushered in.
Returning Police Commissioner William Bratton will be sworn into office just after midnight New Year's Day.
On the eve of his swearing-in, New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio announced five more high-level administration appointments.
We have a new pope, a new mayor-elect and more time to enjoy those large, sugary drinks. Here are our picks for the 13 biggest news stories from 2013, in order of when they occurred.
Bill de Blasio will be sworn in as mayor twice Wednesday.
De Blasio on Monday reiterated his stance that it's time for the carriages to go, but the drivers won't let go without a fight.
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has tapped Carmen Farina, a former teacher, principal and longtime advocate of early childhood education, to be New York City's next schools chancellor.
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has picked a former U.S. attorney to be the city's top lawyer.
Former President Bill Clinton will be the one to swear in Bill de Blasio as mayor on Wednesday.
A recent study claims changes to the school bus service contracts will increase costs between $60 million to $239 million and not save the $20 million to $40 million as the mayor claims.
The swearing in will take place in front of City Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 1 at noon. Incoming New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Letita James, both Democrats, will also be sworn in at the ceremony at City Hall Plaza.
The five-minute video featuring 19-year-old Chiara de Blasio was released Tuesday on YouTube.
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio announced the appointment of Goldman Sachs executive Alicia Glen as the administration's deputy mayor of housing and economic development.
Lis Smith, 31, and former Gov. Eliot Spitzer met when she served as his press secretary during his failed primary run for city comptroller.
CBS 2 has learned Eliot Spitzer, the former governor known as the "love gov," has a new girlfriend.
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio on Sunday said the man whom he will soon replace has many achievements to his credit, but still took Mayor Michael Bloomberg to task for what he said was the outgoing mayor's failure to address inequality.
New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has appointed a state official who has worked to overhaul the juvenile justice system as the commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services.
Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito says she will be the next City Council speaker.
Library lovers dressed in cardboard costumes of their favorite books Monday to protest plans to renovate the New York Public Library's main branch and sell the popular Mid-Manhattan branch.
The mayor-elect is going into the meeting with some big ideas regarding federal investments into education, infrastructure.
Professional soccer could be coming to the Bronx. The city is working on a deal that would put a soccer stadium down the street from Yankee Stadium.
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio is on "a mission" of sorts. He wants to begin influencing the national agenda on a host of issues that pertain directly to New York City.
In a statement by Bill, Chirlane, Chiara and Dante de Blasio on their website, the family called it "a tough decision."
