Only the second mayor of color. Mayor Dinkins was the first and I'm the second. I inherited a city that was engulfed in Covid 220,000 migrants and asylum seekers. Crime was through the roof. Unemployment with black and brown people was high. You were looking at our children were not learning. I've been on Rikers island more than any other mayor in the history of the city, speaking to inmates and correction officers who help. (15:11–15:14)
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