What I did in this city by not only saying, I want to be the mayor, but I said I want to dispel the myth that black and brown people can't run cities. 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. (00:15–00:24)
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Asserts that Eric Adams appointed the first African American woman as a first deputy mayor in the city's history.
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