Brad Lander: “The city of New York should be paying for legal…”

“I'll start with the fact that, like, I was proud to be there for Edgardo, but you know, what would have been better for Edgardo was a lawyer. And The city of New York should be paying for legal representation for people who are facing deportation. so we could de escalate. And what I was proud of in what happened last week was it's in the nonviolent tradition.” (14:11–14:17)

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