Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that he and his family would be leaving their home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and relocating to the Gracie Mansion.

The de Blasios would be the first family to live in the mansion since Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, The New York Times reports. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg decided to instead live in his lavish home on East 79th Street.

The decision was solely up the de Blasios, who vacillated back and forth between staying or leaving their Park Slope home. They were unsure whether to leave, but ultimately decided to relocate in part because of their neighborhood, and in part because of concerns over the longer commute that their teenage son, Dante, would have to make to Brooklyn Technical High School.

Although de Blasio said his family would make the decision around Thanksgiving, when their daughter, Chiara, who is in college, would be home for the holidays, they delayed the decision.

It was made official by an announcement on his website, which was written by all four of the de Blasios. The family referenced "logistical and security concerns" as reasons why they would relocate to the mansion.

"We'll miss Brooklyn, but we are incredibly gratified to the people of New York for the opportunity to live in the mayor's residence," the family wrote. "It is an honor we accept with thanks."

However, they said they would keep their home in Park Slope, and would continue to frequent their favorite neighborhood haunts such as the Purity Diner and Bar Toto. They also added, "Don't bet against seeing us at the Park Slope YMCA occasionally."

The NYPD said the family would have been outfitted with security detail had they stayed in Park Slope, The New York Daily News confirms.

De Blasio's move to the palatial mansion on the Upper East Side will represent a symbolic renunciation of his Brooklyn-based, outsider status. His message of challenging the status quo of the Manhattan elite from his unrenovated rowhome made many predict that he would stay in Park Slope for part of his term.

De Blasio's relocation to the historic mansion may increase New Yorkers' expectations that he will continue to battle Manhattan's status quo.