The de Blasio family with Bill and Hillary Clinton. Bill, Chirlane, Chiara and Dante - Clinton will be swearing in de Blasio.
Bubba will do the honors on Bill de Blasio's big day.
Former President Bill Clinton will swear in the mayor-elect at his Jan. 1 inauguration, the transition team announced Saturday.
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And former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - who hired de Blasio as her campaign manager during her 2000 Senate campaign - will attend with her husband.
'Chirlane and I couldn't be more excited to have President Clinton and Secretary Clinton stand with us,' de Blasio said in a statement, which highlighted that he had worked for President Clinton as a regional director at the Department for Housing and Urban Development.
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In October, Hillary Clinton headlined a fundraiser for her former staffer at the Roosevelt Hotel, which helped him raise more than $1 million.
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Clinton will swear in the 109th Mayor of New York using a bible once owned by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on loan from the Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York.
De Blasio is taking a different approach from his predecessor.
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On Dec. 31, 2001, Michael Bloomberg was sworn in by Mayor Rudy Giuliani at Times Square just before the ball dropped on New Year's Eve.
Bloomberg's decision to be sworn in publicly at the stroke of midnight was seen as a symbol of continuity in leadership, following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Bloomberg was sworn in again at City Hall on Jan. 1 by then-Chief Judge of New York State, Judith Kaye.
De Blasio's hour-long inauguration ceremony will take place at noon on Jan. 1, on the steps of City Hall.
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The de Blasio team gave out 1,000 free tickets to New Yorkers.
There will be 5,000 seats total.
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On Saturday, the campaign began setting up for the big day, assembling the stage and press risers.
AKarni@nydailynews.com
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