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Adrienne Adams: “The mayor should be going into those places, those learning…”

Featuring: Adrienne Adams, Democratic | Speaker of the New York City Council, Former Candidate, New York State Senate

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New York City Forum on Sanctuary City Laws and Immigrant Protections

Published | Video Starts at 17:56

As I was yesterday at Columbia talking to the journalism students and was asked about being storm trooped and I told them how appalled I was. The mayor should be going into those places, those learning institutions, letting those students know that he is the protector of their heads. He is the one where the buck stops with him. He has the power to do that, to speak up and speak out. (17:56–18:05)

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Asserts that the mayor should assure students of his protection in educational institutions.

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