It was a happy day for State Senator Alessandra Biaggi as she was sworn in by the New State Senate Majority Leader Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. The overflowing Lovinger Theater pf Lehman College crowd roared in approval as Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins raised Senator Biaggi's hands. Senator Biaggi then went on to give a thunderous speech about how she would be bringing progressive legislation such as the Women's Reproductive Act, and other legislation that was held up during the Republican controlled State Senate.
Before the swearing in there were performances by local high schools and a few speeches by high ranking elected officials. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer spoke, and City Council Speaker (and Acting Public Advocate) Corey Johnson ran after Schumer pulling the paper from the seat that became attached to the back of Schumer's clothes. The speech by Schumer was much the same from the previous day at a different inauguration, where there was an 'Off the Wall' comment aimed at the current president.
Corey Johnson gave the shortest, and probably the best speech when he didn't go after anyone, but told the story of being in Riverdale trying to convince some people to vote for Alessandra Biaggi for State Senate. After the Speaker several interns who worked on the Biaggi campaign were brought up, with a few telling what their work on the campaign meant to them.
City Comptroller Scott Stringer came next, and Stringer who also worked the streets and poll sites piled some more soil on the Jeff Klein coffin. Congressman Eliot Engel said that he was most impressed by candidate Alessandra Biaggi, but Engel also could not end without going after the current president like U.S. Senator Schumer. State Senator Michael Gianaris was much more cordial in his remarks, and he introduced the first woman to replace two of the men in the room in Albany, that being the new State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
Senator Stewart-Cousins was beaming with joy now that Democrats have a majority in the State Senate. She then swore in Alessandra Biaggi as the new State Senator from the 34th Senate District.
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