I had the first African American woman to be a first deputy mayor in the history of the city, first Trinidadian to be a deputy mayor, first Dominican woman to be a deputy man in the history of the city, First Filipino, first East Indian, first Korean to be in charge of small business services. first African American to be the police commission. So what I did that's really pissing people off is I brought all these folks of color into government so people now can never say, we can't run the most complicated city on the globe. (00:33–00:42)
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Asserts that Eric Adams appointed the first Filipino, East Indian, and Korean to lead small business services.
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