00:00My name is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and it is my deep honor and privilege to
00:11welcome you to the inauguration of our new mayor of New York City, Zohran Kwame
00:17Mamdani. We gather here today to celebrate the beginning of his
00:25leadership as well as that of two incredible elected officials who will
00:30be guiding the city by his side. Public advocate Jumaane D Williams and our new
00:38controller Mark D Levine. We also celebrate the hundreds and thousands of
00:46public servants and city leaders getting to work today from our sanitation workers
00:53and librarians, to our commissioners, deputy mayors, and our schools
00:58chancellor as they care for our city and its people in the coming weeks, months,
01:04and years. Together this ascent marks a new era for New York City. Led by a historic new
01:16mayor in Zohran Mamdani. Guided by his dedication to a working class that makes
01:24our beautiful city run. Importantly, I also ask that we consider today an
01:32inauguration for each one of us two. The nearly 8.5 million New Yorkers who make up
01:40the greatest city on earth. Because it is the people of New York City who have
01:48chosen historic, ambitious leadership in response to untenable and unprecedented
01:55times. New York, we have chosen courage over fear. We have chosen prosperity for the
02:07many over spoils for the few. And when the entrenched ways would rather have
02:14us dig in our feet and seek refuge in the past, we have chosen instead to turn
02:22towards making a new future for all of us. In Zohran Mamdani, we have chosen a mayor who is
02:30relentlessly dedicated to making life not just possible but aspirational for working people.
02:39New York City has chosen the ambitious pursuit of universal child care, affordable rents and housing,
02:49and clean and dignified public transit for all. And we have chosen that over the distractions of
02:58bigotry and the barbarism of extreme income inequality. We have chosen this path because we
03:06know that it's the right thing to do. It's the smart thing to do. And that if we can make it here,
03:14we can make it anywhere. New York City, this is an inauguration for all of us.
03:22New York City, this is an inauguration for all of us. Because choosing this mayor and this vision is an
03:26ambitious pursuit. It calls on all of us to return to public life en masse. Now is the time for us to
03:37turn towards our neighbors, stand with them, and return to community life. A city for all will require
03:46all of us to fill our streets, our schools, our houses of faith, our PTAs, and our block associations,
03:55as we support this mayor in making an affordable city a reality for all of us.
04:03Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim mayor of our great city.
04:08Zohran Mamdani will be our first immigrant mayor in over a century.
04:17And he will be the youngest mayor of New York City in generations.
04:23But most importantly, Zohran will be a mayor for all of us.
04:28With that, let us extend our deepest well wishes and support to Zohran, his wife Rama, and his family,
04:40as well as those of our public advocate, Jumaane Williams, and controller Mark Levine.
04:46We send you, your spouses and families, and all your loved ones, all the support in the world,
04:53as you embark on this great pursuit of a better city and future for all.
04:58Felicidades.
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