MAYOR BLOOMBERG DELIVERS
2nd INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Mayor Bloomberg’s Inauguration
City hall, New York
Jan 1st 2006

“Thank you very much.

“Happy New Year. Feliz año nuevo.

“Governor Pataki, Mayors Koch, Dinkins and Giuliani, Comptroller Thompson, Public Advocate Gotbaum, thank you for being here.
“And thanks to all of New York’s distinguished public servants. Today I want to especially salute those who are leaving office: Borough President C. Virginia Fields, Council Speaker Gifford Miller, Councilwomen Tracy Boyland, Margarita Lopez, Eva Moskowitz, and Madeline Provenzano, and Councilmen Allan Jennings, Bill Perkins, and Philip Reed.
“And I want to say to the public servants taking their places how much I look forward to working with all of you.
“And, finally, I want to thank everyone here.
Gracias a todos, from every borough and every community, for coming together on this wonderful day – a day full of great promise for our great City.

“ “Over the past four years, I’ve met and talked with New Yorkers who practice every religion, speak every language, and come from everywhere on Earth. It’s been the experience of a lifetime, not only because of the generous warmth – and advice – you’ve given me, but also because you’ve shared with me your deepest hopes and dreams.

“It’s the enormous power of those dreams, over eight million of them, that gives our city its unique optimism, what one author described as: ‘that sense – so peculiar to New York – that something extraordinary would happen any minute, any day, any month.’
Possibility, Opportunity: This is the essence of New York. This is the air we breathe. This is the promise of tomorrow.
“ “But let us not forget, on Inauguration Day four years ago, that optimism seemed in jeopardy.
“The terrible devastation we had suffered only months before remained uppermost in our minds. From this very spot, we saw plumes of smoke still rising into the January chill from the World Trade Center site. We were a city in mourning, shaken and wounded.
“Accepting the enormous responsibility entrusted in me, I asked New Yorkers that day to keep faith in our common destiny, to think big, dream big, and prepare to build an even greater city.

“And because we did, today we are stronger than ever.

“True, the wounds we have suffered may never fully heal, but something else has endured. Something even more compelling; something even more powerful: our unity.
“On 9/11, New Yorkers came together. And since 9/11, we have stayed together.
We’ve been united through blizzards and a blackout, and, most recently, we’ve overcome a transit strike that could well have shut down our city. We have accepted the risks and requirements of the post-9/11 world without abandoning our devotion to our liberties, our zest for life, or our feisty charm.
“United in the face of terrorism, New Yorkers have embraced the timeless wisdom that the secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.
“Over the past four years, we’ve learned – or re-learned – that in this, the most diverse of cities, we are one people, with one common destiny. That same spirit of unity must continue to guide us now.
“We have gone through the tough times, and come out stronger.

“Our population is at an all-time high. Crime is going down; student achievement is going up; jobs are being created; new homes and parks are strengthening and revitalizing our neighborhoods.
“We’ve come a long way, and now we have a choice to make.

“We could be content with what we have accomplished, and preserve our gains, or we can take our beloved city even further forward – and make the promise of opportunity real for every person in every community.

“No one need ask which one we’ll choose.

“We are New Yorkers!
“We never stop reaching, striving, and working. We know there is more we can do, and more we must do. We know there can be no turning back. And there will be no holding back.
“United, we will take on new challenges – with the passion and dedication that New York demands of us. United, we will succeed.

Detectives Dillon Stewart and Daniel Enchautegui were among twelve of New York City’s Finest who gave their lives in the line of duty during the last four years.

“Now we have a duty as well, one that rises above all partisan politics, and one we will pursue relentlessly: And that is to rid our streets of guns, and punish all those who possess and traffic in these instruments of death.
“This is a national threat – one that crosses city lines and state boundaries.

“To meet it, we must, and we will, make common cause with our fellow Americans.

“We will take our message to Albany, to Washington, and to every capital of every state that permits guns to flow freely across its borders.
“And to those who distort our laws to aid and abet hardened criminals, know this: We will not rest until we secure all of the tools we need to protect New Yorkers from the scourge of illegal guns.

“Public safety is the foundation of our city’s prosperity.

“Without it, our quality of life, our economy, our efforts to reform the schools would surely falter.

You are the people who truly make this the place where ‘something extraordinary happens, any minute, any day, any month.’

“You are making this a better City for all of us. You are the promise of New York, and we believe in your dreams.

“The challenges we confront are not easy, nor will they be the last ones New Yorkers ever face.

“After all, it was O. Henry who once wrote that, ‘New York will be a great place – if they ever finish it.’

“But over the next four years, we will neither turn back, nor hold back.

“Staying united, we will renew the promise of our city – and commit ourselves to finishing our unfinished work, making Our City even greater and a true City of Opportunity for all of us here today, and for our children and our children’s children.

“Thank you, and may God bless New York City.”

Judith S.Kaye ,Chief Judge of the State of New York ,Swore in Mayor Michael Bloomberg ,She also swore in the mayor in 2002.Over Five thousand people attended the Inauguration ,each was given a Blanket and hot Cider to drink to keep them warm. Barbara Walters delivered the welcome,John Lithgow the Invocation part of the Program,and Liza Minnelli Performed and sang New York,New York.The Reception was held at the former Emigrant Industrial Savings bank Building. Mayor Bloomberg’s Inaguration Speech can be read entirely at http://www.nyc.gov/

William C Thompson Jr, Comptroller of New York City,was also sworn in for his second term by his Father,William C Thompson,former NY State Appellate Court Justice,he also swore in the comptroller in 2002.After the swearing in The Comptroller delivered his Inauguration Speech, can be read Entirely at http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/

After the Comptroller’s Speech Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum was sworn in by David I. Dinkins, 106th Mayor of the City of New York,he also swore in the Public Advocate in 2002. Inauguration speech can be read at http://www.betsy2005.com/

The Following Borough Presidents Inaugurations, took place at, Scott Stringer Newly elected Manhattan Borough President’s Inaguration took place on Sunday January 8th 2006,at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,he was sworn in by the Honorable Eileen Bransten, Justice of The Supreme Court of The State of New York,after the Inauguration Speech,over two thousand people headed to The Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. To read the inauguration Speech View the Manhattan Borough Presidents website at http://www.stringer2005.com/

Helen Marshall Queens Borough President,and re elected for a second and final term as the Queens Borough President .The Honorable Leslie G.Leach ,Administrative Judge,11th Judical District,Queens Supreme Court,swore in the borough president,close to five hundred people were in attendance,the Inaguration was held on January 3rd 2006,at the Terrace on the Park ,Flushing Meadows Corona Park. To read the inauguration Speech View the Queens Borough Presidents website at www.queensbp.org

Adolfo Carion Jr,Bronx Borough President was re-elected for a second and final term as the Bronx Borough President.The Honorable Judge Alison Tuitt, swore in the Borough president, Inaguration was held on January 3rd 2006 at the Bronx Borough President’s office. read the inauguration Speech View the Queens Borough Presidents website at
http://bronxboropres.nyc.gov/

All of the above Politicians elected, are a wonderful group of people who will do a great job in there respected elected positions,and make New York the Greatest City in the World as it is.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg,who I voted for, after this term will be remembered as the greatest Mayor in New York City’s history.Mayor Michael Bloomberg keeping doing what you are doing and your Legacy will speak for its self, already New York Times,have proclaimed the mayor as the Greatest Mayor New York City Has,we also at Liberty News Online Magazine feel the same way.

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