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[Applause]

Thank you, my friends.

The sun may have set over our city this

The sun may have set over our city this

The sun may have set over our city this evening,

evening,

evening, but as Eugene Debs once said,

I can see the dawn of a better day for

I can see the dawn of a better day for

I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.

For as long as we can remember, the

For as long as we can remember, the

For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been

working people of New York have been

working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the

told by the wealthy and the

told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not

well-connected that power does not

well-connected that power does not belong in their hands.

belong in their hands.

belong in their hands. Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on

Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on

Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor.

the warehouse floor.

the warehouse floor. Palms callous from delivery bike

Palms callous from delivery bike

Palms callous from delivery bike handlebars.

handlebars.

handlebars. Knuckles scarred with kitchen burns.

Knuckles scarred with kitchen burns.

Knuckles scarred with kitchen burns. These are not hands that have been

These are not hands that have been

These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power.

allowed to hold power.

allowed to hold power. And yet over the last 12 months,

And yet over the last 12 months,

And yet over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something

you have dared to reach for something

you have dared to reach for something greater.

>> Tonight, against all odds, we have

>> Tonight, against all odds, we have

>> Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it.

>> The future is in our hands.

>> My friends, we have toppled a political

>> My friends, we have toppled a political

>> My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty.

I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in

I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in

I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life.

But let tonight be the final time I

But let tonight be the final time I

But let tonight be the final time I honor his name.

>> As we turn the page on a politics that

>> As we turn the page on a politics that

>> As we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many and answers only to

abandons the many and answers only to

abandons the many and answers only to the few.

>> New York, tonight you have delivered

>> New York, tonight you have delivered

>> New York, tonight you have delivered >> a mandate for change.

A mandate for a new kind of politics,

A mandate for a new kind of politics,

A mandate for a new kind of politics, >> a mandate for a city we can afford,

>> a mandate for a city we can afford,

>> a mandate for a city we can afford, and a mandate for a government that

and a mandate for a government that

and a mandate for a government that delivers exactly that.

On January 1st,

On January 1st,

On January 1st, I will be sworn in as the mayor of New

I will be sworn in as the mayor of New

I will be sworn in as the mayor of New York City.

And that is because of you.

So before I say anything else, I must

So before I say anything else, I must

So before I say anything else, I must say this. Thank you.

Thank you to the next generation of New

Thank you to the next generation of New

Thank you to the next generation of New Yorkers who refused to accept that the

Yorkers who refused to accept that the

Yorkers who refused to accept that the promise of a better future was a relic

promise of a better future was a relic

promise of a better future was a relic of the past.

of the past.

of the past. You showed that when politics speaks to

You showed that when politics speaks to

You showed that when politics speaks to you without condescension, we can usher

you without condescension, we can usher

you without condescension, we can usher in a new era of leadership.

We will fight for you because we are

We will fight for you because we are

We will fight for you because we are you.

you.

you. or as we say on Steinway.

or as we say on Steinway.

or as we say on Steinway. [Applause]