Menchaca takes public oath of office Jan. 12
Councilman Carlos Menchaca has already been officially sworn into office and has cast his first vote in the City Council.
But the freshman lawmaker is planning a public inauguration ceremony and has invited community leaders, business leaders and clergy members in his council district to see him take the oath of office on Sunday, Jan. 12, at Sunset Park High School, 153 35th St., at 1 p.m.
Menchaca (D-Sunset Park-Red Hook) was elected in a landslide in November. He had earlier stunned the political world when he defeated longtime councilwoman Sara Gonzalez in the Democratic Party Primary in September. It marked his first time running for public office. He is the first Mexican-American to become a City Council member.
U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn-Manhattan) and former borough president Marty Markowitz are the co-chairs of the inauguration ceremony.