Bloomberg becomes mayor of New York City

Wednesday, January 2, 2002

NEW YORK -- Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg was sworn in as mayor of New York City on Tuesday and issued a call for shared sacrifice to tackle the city's problems.

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