Francis Suarez inaugurated as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on Monday became the first Mayor from the Magic City since 2008 to become president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, a nonpartisan group including 1,400 mayors from America’s largest cities.

Suarez, 44, was inaugurated as the organization’s president in a downtown Miami ceremony less than two months after recapturing the city mayoralty, a win that clinched for him the U.S. Conference’s top elected spot.

In a speech, he discussed plans to “set an agenda for urban America” to tackle poverty, housing affordability and climate change while promoting cryptocurrency through a “mayoral crypto compact.”

– Jesse Scheckner, Florida Politics