New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) will be sworn in for his second term in office by Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersThe Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power Bernie Sanders: 'This is an election between Donald Trump and democracy' The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump stokes fears over November election outcome MORE (I-Vt.), the senator's office confirmed Wednesday.

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A spokesman for Sanders told The Hill that de Blasio had asked Sanders to preside over the ceremony.

The New York Times first reported the news.

Sanders held an endorsement rally in October for de Blasio, who won reelection handily over Republican opponent Nicole Malliotakis the following month.

Former President Clinton presided over de Blasio's January 2014 inauguration ceremony in front of City Hall.

De Blasio previously served in the Clinton administration as a regional director for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and managed Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonFox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio Trump, Biden court Black business owners in final election sprint The power of incumbency: How Trump is using the Oval Office to win reelection MORE's successful Senate bid in New York.

His most recent win makes him the first Democratic mayor in roughly three decades to be voted in for a second term in office in New York.