It may have been the auspicious swearing in for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s second term, but Senator Bernie Sanders knows that when temperatures plummet, only a parka will do.
The former Democratic presidential candidate donned a $690 Burton 2L LZ Down Jacket as he administered the oath of office to de Blasio in a freezing outdoor ceremony in Manhattan on Monday.
‘By Vermont standards this is a warm and pleasant afternoon,’ Sanders, senator of Vermont, joked the crowd at City Hall Park.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders looked a little chilly as he sat in his parka, with his wife Jane O’Meara Sanders, at the Inaugural Ceremony for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall
![The former Democratic presidential candidate donned a $690 Burton 2L LZ Down Jacket as he administered the oath of office to de Blasio in a freezing outdoor ceremony in Manhattan on Monday (pictured)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/01/01/19/wire-1998574-1514836070-220_634x434.jpg)
The former Democratic presidential candidate donned a $690 Burton 2L LZ Down Jacket as he administered the oath of office to de Blasio in a freezing outdoor ceremony in Manhattan on Monday (pictured)
![U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, reaches for notes just before swearing in New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, for a second term as mayor at City Hall with De Blasio, second from left, are his daughter Chiara, son Dante, and wife, Chirlane McCray](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/01/01/19/wire-1998576-1514836080-387_634x447.jpg)
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, reaches for notes just before swearing in New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, for a second term as mayor at City Hall with De Blasio, second from left, are his daughter Chiara, son Dante, and wife, Chirlane McCray
The 76-year-old Brooklyn native eschewed a hat, even as the mercury hit a chilly 15 degrees F, as he watched in his waterproof parka, although he did later give in and had a blanket draped across his knees.
Sanders, known for his no nonsense approach and aesthetic, also wore the parka to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration last January – which stood out in a sea of Brooks Brothers and Ralph Lauren.
On Monday, New Year’s Day, the coat made another appearance for de Blasio’s swearing in ceremony outside City Hall in New York.
![The 76-year-old Brooklyn native eschewed a hat, even as the mercury hit a chilly 15 degrees F, as he watched in his waterproof parka, although he did later give in and had a blanket draped across his knees](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/01/21/47AFAC3B00000578-5226941-image-a-29_1514841743252.jpg)
The 76-year-old Brooklyn native eschewed a hat, even as the mercury hit a chilly 15 degrees F, as he watched in his waterproof parka, although he did later give in and had a blanket draped across his knees
![Temperatures plummeted to 15 degrees F on Monday morning, as the crowds layered up against the cold](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/01/21/47AFAB0B00000578-5226941-image-a-28_1514841738939.jpg)
Temperatures plummeted to 15 degrees F on Monday morning, as the crowds layered up against the cold
![Sanders (D-VT) (L) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) arrive on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/01/21/47AFF78E00000578-5226941-Sanders_D_VT_L_and_Sen_John_McCain_R_AZ_arrive_on_the_West_Front-m-43_1514843916779.jpg)
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Sanders wore the same coat to Trump’s inauguration (left) last January (right is Trump at the inauguration)
![Bernie may have even worn the same shoes to both events](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/01/21/47AFF78A00000578-5226941-image-a-40_1514843783284.jpg)
Bernie may have even worn the same shoes to both events
De Blasio won re-election handily in November, becoming the first Democrat to return to City Hall in New York since Edward Koch 1985.
He boasted about the city recording the lowest number of annual homicides since the early 1950s. The city was on pace in mid-December to record fewer than 300 homicides, a 14 percent drop from the year before.
‘We have brought police and community together like never before,’ De Blasio said. ‘We have dedicated ourselves to a vision of true neighborhood policing and it works.’
As a national leader in progressive politics, de Blasio said he envisions a city that serves more than the elite and Wall Street titans.
‘The deepest, truest stakeholders of this town are the people who do the work, who every day make this city come to life but have too often not reaped the rewards,’ he said. ‘We have a responsibility, every one of us, to ensure that New York remains a beacon to our nation and to our world.’
![New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks after he was sworn in for a second term as mayor at City Hall in New York](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/01/01/19/wire-1998580-1514836087-863_634x421.jpg)
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks after he was sworn in for a second term as mayor at City Hall in New York
![De Blasio, right, and his family wave to onlookers after he became the first Democrat to return to City Hall in New York since Edward Koch 1985](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/01/01/21/1998578-5226941-New_York_Mayor_Bill_de_Blasio_right_and_his_family_wave_to_onloo-a-26_1514841689888.jpg)
De Blasio, right, and his family wave to onlookers after he became the first Democrat to return to City Hall in New York since Edward Koch 1985
![Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife Jane O'Meara Sanders, center left, watched on as de Blasio boasted about the city recording the lowest number of annual homicides since the early 1950](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/01/01/19/wire-1998588-1514836110-538_634x414.jpg)
Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife Jane O’Meara Sanders, center left, watched on as de Blasio boasted about the city recording the lowest number of annual homicides since the early 1950
![A crowd gathered to watch the newly reelected Mayor of New York speak at City Hall](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/01/01/21/1998582-5226941-New_York_Mayor_Bill_de_Blasio_speaks_after_he_was_sworn_in_for_a-a-27_1514841689969.jpg)
A crowd gathered to watch the newly reelected Mayor of New York speak at City Hall
Sanders, an independent who made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, praised de Blasio’s work on providing pre-kindergarten education and other progressive issues.
‘In this city, the largest city in our country, the people of New York under Bill de Blasio have chosen to move government in a very different direction than what we’re seeing in Washington,’ Sanders said. ‘Instead of pandering to billionaires, we have a government here which has chosen to listen to the needs of working families.’
Also sworn-in for second terms were fellow Democrats, Public Advocate Letitia James and Comptroller Scott Stringer.
The ceremony came on a frigid New Year’s Day; it was about 14 degrees by early afternoon.