Towards his inauguration: The mayor of New York elected in tribute to the Jewish community
In light of the fact that Eric Adams’ oath falls on Saturday, his bureau announced this week that it has been decided to postpone the ceremony until the end of Shabbat, thus allowing the participation of the heads of the Jewish community in the city.
The newly elected mayor of New York will take office in about two and a half weeks, on Saturday, January 1, and this week his bureau announced that it had decided to postpone the solemn swearing-in ceremony for several hours – until Shabbat – so that Jewish community leaders could attend.
Adams during the lighting of Hanukkah candles in 2019 (Photo: Brooklyn District President’s Office)
Officially, Eric Adams will be sworn in for office at 12:01 p.m. (Friday-Saturday) in a short and modest ceremony. In the past, the new mayors have chosen to hold another (and larger) ceremony the next day, at 12:00 p.m.
However, since January 1 falls on a Saturday, Adams asked to postpone the ceremony until Saturday.
For the past eight years (until his inauguration as mayor), Adams has served as president of the Brooklyn borough. For this reason, the elected mayor even decided that the swearing-in ceremony would be held at the King’s Historical Theater, rather than the Manhattan City Hall.
As you may recall, Adams won last month’s mayoral election after receiving 753,801 votes (67%), compared to the 302,680 votes (27.8%) received by his Republican rival Curtis Silva.
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