00:00It's not every day you get married. It's not every day you get married. And the mayor is doing marriage.
00:16There is no greater place to get married than New York City.
00:21And so many people want to come here for that purpose.
00:27Everyone from every walk of life comes here to get married.
00:31We have people coming in from all over the world as part of their New York City vacation to get
00:36married.
00:37And we have people who are getting married on their lunch break.
00:41Every country in the world is represented here, richest to the least richest.
00:47Everybody comes here to get married and that's part of the magic.
00:55Have you been in here before?
00:57I have. I have been in this very room almost exactly a year ago.
01:04Rama and I got married right here.
01:06When you arrive here, you go to our information desk, our information clerk.
01:10We give them a ticket. We ask the couple to sign.
01:14People are nervous just filling out their marriage license application.
01:17It can be a little nerve-wracking.
01:20Thousands of couples I've seen get married.
01:22Any marriage advice?
01:24Any marriage advice?
01:25I'm certainly not one to give marriage advice.
01:28Just make sure that you treasure the heart of the person that loves you enough to become your spouse.
01:34We actually met at a party in East Village. A very New York story.
01:39Just love at first sight.
01:41Yeah, we met in college. This is our 12th anniversary.
01:44Yeah, so we met in Moscow.
01:46We're not from here originally.
01:48Moved here from Puerto Rico. I love this place. This is like my home now.
01:53We gotta seal it off here in New York. The city that made it happen.
01:56What made you decide to get married here at the city clerk's office?
02:00What do you think?
02:01Convenience.
02:02I feel like it's just iconic. Like, what else could you do in New York? Like, this is the spot
02:06to be.
02:07No other mayor has actually officiated while serving as mayor.
02:12Am I the first mayor to have been married myself here?
02:14I believe so.
02:15How many people get married a day?
02:17Usually we do 75 ceremonies a day.
02:20Wow. Okay.
02:212016 was the first year that we beat Vegas.
02:26Take that, Las Vegas.
02:29Okay.
02:30Ready to go?
02:30Okay.
02:32Hello.
02:35Hi.
02:36Hi.
02:37How are you?
02:38Hi.
02:38Hi.
02:39Hi.
02:39Oh my God.
02:40Pleasure.
02:41Nice to meet you.
02:41Nice to meet you.
02:43I have the same tie.
02:44Hello.
02:46Nice to meet you.
02:47Nice to meet you.
02:47Congratulations.
02:49Hello.
02:49So nice to meet you.
02:50Nice to meet you.
02:50Thank you very much for doing this.
02:51Pleasure to meet you, Emily.
02:55Hello.
02:56Hello.
02:57Hello.
02:58How are you?
02:59Hi.
02:59Nice to meet you.
03:00Nice to meet you, Sylvia.
03:02Nice to meet you.
03:02We are gathered here today to witness the exchanging of marriage vows of Matthew and Molly,
03:08of Minji and Michael, of Ahmed and Zoe, of Muhammad and Emily, of Sylvia and Gabriel.
03:14Do you, Svetlana, solemnly declare that you take Tomas to be your spouse?
03:19I do.
03:20That you take Zoe to be your spouse.
03:21You take Matthew to be your spouse.
03:23I do.
03:24I do.
03:25I do.
03:26And keep him for as long as you both shall live.
03:28Yes.
03:29I do.
03:29I do.
03:31Yes, I do.
03:32I do.
03:33Inasmuch as you have consented to be united in the bonds of matrimony, and you have exchanged
03:37your wedding vows before all those present today, therefore by the powers vested in me
03:41by the laws of the state of New York, I now pronounce you married.
03:45I now pronounce you married.
03:46You may seal your vows with a kiss.
03:51Congratulations.
03:53Congratulations.
03:54I think it's the best of New York.
03:55You see all these couples, so many different stories, so many different ages, so many different
04:00lives, and they're all coming to get married, and it's just beautiful.
04:02This might be the happiest government building in New York City.
04:07I think it is.
04:07Maybe the world.
04:08No, that sounds good at home.
04:08I was watching Ty cheat as my friend is trying out of Summer and I understand the
04:08It's just that I love, cause I love dead.
04:08I oatmeal type a way to take that later, and I guess I did sorry
04:08It's a small thing.
04:09You
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