[New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took the oath of office during a public inauguration ceremony at City Hall in New York City on Wednesday. Mayor de Blasio, along with his wife Chirlane McCray, and his children Chiara and Dante, took the subway to the ceremony. In his address, he promised to "leave no New Yorker behind." Image by Seth Wenig via AP]

It was announced Saturday that Bill de Blasio will be sworn in as the mayor of New York City by former President Bill Clinton. The Wednesday inauguration ceremony will take place at noon on the steps of City Hall.

Mainstream newspapers finally confirmed our breaking story from this morning: Bill de Blasio has been elected the 109^th mayor of New York City.

[Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani campaigned in Lower Manhattan Monday with Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota. After Tuesday's election, Giuliani will remain the only mayor in this picture. Photo by Spencer Platt via Getty]

On Sunday Joe Lhota accused his rival Bill de Blasio of not having the "physical wherewithal to be the mayor" because de Blasio is "not a morning person." Will this new sleep schedule attack help Lhota overcome de Blasio's 65 percent lead in the polls?

Joe Lhota’s campaign just released a “funny” list of Bill de Blasio’s possible Halloween costumes. So if you see a tax collector, a toll collector, a slumlord, a ghost, Silent Bob, or Tom Brady trick-or-treating tonight, it's most likely Bill de Blasio.

The third and final mayoral debate took place Wednesday and, like the first and second debate, nothing really happened. At least nothing notable enough to damage Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio’s 39-point lead in the polls.

Joe Lhota’s family spent Wednesday campaigning at the Arrochar Friendship Club in Staten Island where elderly white people complained about Bill de Blasio using the “race card.” Lhota himself did not attend because he was busy preparing for tonight’s final debate at 7 p.m. EST. Watch live here.

Mayoral candidates Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota believe that their final debate Tuesday should be rescheduled because it will take place on the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy hitting New York. "We need to remember," Lhota said. "I think it's very, very important to do that."

In Tuesday night’s mayoral debate, Republican candidate Joe Lhota resorted to loud voices, eye rolls, and Rudy Giuliani-worship to prove that he deserves to be mayor of New York City. On the other side of the stage, Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio called out Lhota’s campaign for “race-baiting,” then stepped back watched Lhota self-destruct.

New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio’s lead has fallen six points in the last three weeks. Now his Republican opponent Joe Lhota is only 44 points behind. Watch the candidates square off in tonight’s debate here.

The majority of Tuesday night’s mayoral debate between Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota was spent covering the usual topics: charter schools, taxes, small businesses, well-paying jobs, the income gap, and stop and frisk policies. Both candidates even agreed on the importance of building more affordable housing in the city.

New York City mayoral candidates Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota face off in their first broadcast debate at 7 p.m. EST. You can watch live footage of de Blasio’s lead widen here.

Hot 97 urges NYC Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio to tell his "Afro Son," 16-year-old Dante, not to hang out with rappers. "We need Dante focused."

Trailing Bill de Blasio by huge numbers in the latest polls, New York City Republican mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota took a 25-minute closed-door meeting with Al Sharpton Tuesday night in an attempt to appeal to crossover voters. Topics discussed? Education, housing and stop-and-frisk.

Anthony Weiner’s mayoral dreams came to a halt Tuesday night with a bang and so many whimpers. In short, he had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad night.

Sexter, porn star, and Gawker fan Sydney Leathers has just arrived at the “victory” party for “perpetually horny” mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner. Sporting new boobs and a tight red dress, Leathers hit the evening event and said “It’s my duty to be here.”

John CATSimatidis, NYC Mayoral candidate and renowned cat poet, actually meowed at constituents along yesterday's Labor Day parade in Queens: “'Meow!' he shouted along the parade route. 'Meow!'"

Yesterday, a very important NYC thing happened: Two kittens halted the subway's B and Q lines for an hour. How could two feline urchins so rudely interrupt the necessary flow of human transport? the bad people wondered. Ooooh, kitties! the good people cooed.