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The Mummers Parade will delay the next mayor’s inauguration

Mayoral transitions happen on the first Monday in January. The 2024 ceremony will be moved to Jan. 2 — but that doesn't mean the city will be without a mayor for a day.

At the start of his second term, Mayor Jim Kenney, left, took the oath of office in January 2020 at an inauguration ceremony at the Met Philadelphia.
At the start of his second term, Mayor Jim Kenney, left, took the oath of office in January 2020 at an inauguration ceremony at the Met Philadelphia.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer