New York City Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio holds a press conference to announce members of his senior leadership team on December 4, 2013 in New York City. The de Blasio administration is due to take office on January 1.
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If this is the first you’re hearing of the 1,000 tickets Bill de Blasio’s transition team put online for members of the public who want to attend the mayor-elect’s swearing-in ceremony, then you are not going to get one. The free passes, which were released at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday and offered on a first-come, first served basis, were all claimed within 90 minutes. We suggest asking Steve Buscemi or Cynthia Nixon for a plus one.
