'Part of steering New York forward is convincing 8 million people that we’re going to get through this difficult, perilous moment together,' writes errollouis
Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock Eric Adams will be sworn in as New York’s 110th mayor tonight in the place he has long wanted to be: at the center of the action with all eyes on him, far from his Queens roots and his Brooklyn base, bigger than the city lights down in Times Square. Later, at noon, he is scheduled to deliver an address from City Hall.
“We are all foot soldiers on the march to freedom, here and everywhere. We all belong to the America that Lincoln called ‘the last, best hope of earth,’” David Dinkins said at his 1990 inauguration. “Ours will be a civic forum, an open democracy that hears diverse views and voices before it decides, a democracy that holds out hope for the hopeless and assuages the fears of the fearful, a democracy that appeals to what is best in us and strives to bring us together.
In January 2002, Mike Bloomberg, who’d been sworn in by Rudy Giuliani after the Times Square ball drop, delivered a hopeful but somber speech at City Hall hours later, in the literal shadow of the 9/11 attack that had wrecked the World Trade Center, the city’s economy — and, some believed, the future of New York itself.
That’s why it’s a good thing that Adams aborted a plan to hold his ceremony at the Kings Theater in Flatbush. Kings, one of a handful of lavish “wonder theaters” built by the Loew’s entertainment company in the 1920s, is — since it’s 2015 reopening — a grand and lovely space, but it’s also utterly devoid of civic meaning.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Eric Adams Will Be Sworn In As Mayor At Times Square New Year's Eve CelebrationNEW: Eric Adams will be sworn in as NYC's 110th mayor shortly after midnight at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration. His decision comes days after postponing a planned indoor inauguration ceremony due to the increase in COVID cases across the city.
Read more »
Eric Adams Courts Business as He Prepares to Become New York City Mayor Jan. 1Eric Adams, who will become New York City’s next Democratic mayor on Jan. 1, is reaching out to the business community and working with aides of former Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Read more »
New NYC mayor should ‘let police do their jobs,’ GOP lawmaker advisesRep. Nicole Malliotakis said she's hopeful incoming NYC Mayor Eric Adams prioritizes public safety and law enforcement.
Read more »
Calls to cancel New Years Eve celebration in Times Square, mayor says show will go onEven as COVID cases rise, preparations continue in Times Square for the most famous New Year’s Eve celebration in the world. Now, there are calls to cancel the event as have officials in other major cities.
Read more »
Times Square New Year's Eve bash to go on despite coronavirus surge, mayor saysNew York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of coronavirus infections in the city and around the nation, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
Read more »
Times Square New Year’s Eve show will go on despite virus surge, mayor saysNew York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city and around the nation, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
Read more »