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Cherelle Parker: “We, the City of Philadelphia, would have had to endure a…”

Featuring: Cherelle Parker, Democratic | Mayor of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania

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FULL: Mayor Cherelle Parker leads Philly storm recovery briefing

Published | Video Starts at 05:45

When we first arrived, when did we arrive? January of what? January 2, January 2024. If you would have told me that We, the City of Philadelphia, would have had to endure a plane crashing on Cotman Avenue at Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia. I would have said, oh, my gosh, you know, you're just kidding. That'll never happen in our neighborhoods. But it happened. So when you think about the kind of financial supports we needed, we needed supports. (05:45–05:54)

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