Brooklyn is site of NY City Mayor's inauguration (1/1/14)

from WALL STREET JOURNAL coverage (reporter was Michael Howard Saul) of the city ceremony (www.wsj.com) : Mr. de Blasio's speech echoed the rallying cry of the mayor's campaign—that New York is marked by income inequality. "Today we commit to a new progressive direction in New York. And that same progressive impulse has written our city's history. It's in our DNA," he said. Mr. de Blasio was sworn in by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman shortly after midnight, outside his home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, as his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the couple's teenage children, Chiara and Dante, stood nearby. The de Blasios are New York City's first interracial First Family; Mr. de Blasio is white, and Ms. McCray is black. After reciting the oath, Mr. De Blasio signed the city clerk's register and paid his $9 filing fee. "I want to say to all of you how grateful we are. From the beginning this has been our family together reaching out to the people of the city to make a change. . ." "To everyone," he added," "this is a beginning of a road we will travel together. I want to wish everyone a very, very happy new year. Many great things ahead for all of us." Mr. de Blasio's decision to be sworn in at his Brooklyn row house underscored that he is the first mayor elected from outside Manhattan in four decades. The last non-Manhattan mayor was Abraham Beame, also of Brooklyn, who took office in 1974 and was sworn in at his vacation home in Queens. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304137304579292431198637454