I hope you will See that? Despite the headlines and innuendo, I always put you before me. Always. I'm proud of the historic leadership team we built. Appointing the first Dominican, Indian and Filipino deputy mayors. The first woman to serve as Fire Commissioner and police Commissioner, the first Korean commissioner as small Business Services, the first Spanish speaker to lead the NYPD in dot com. And the first Jewish woman to head the NYPD Intelligence Division. We built leadership that looks like New York. That mattered to me. Because at my core, I'm still Dorothy Adams son. (04:33–04:59)
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Asserts that his administration appointed several firsts in leadership positions, reflecting diversity.
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