Mayor-Elect Eric Adams Considering Nixing Swearing-In Ceremony In Brooklyn Due To Spike In COVID-19 Cases – CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — CBS2 has realized Mayor-elect Eric Adams is contemplating canceling his swearing-in ceremony attributable to considerations over rising COVID-19 instances.

The ceremony is scheduled to happen on Jan. 1 at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, which holds 3,000 seats, as an alternative of the standard Metropolis Corridor.

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However sources mentioned that will not occur.

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There was no official phrase but from the mayor-elect.

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Sources additionally informed CBS2 a personal midnight swearing-in ceremony would nonetheless happen.