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Featuring: Jessica Ramos, Democratic | New York State Senate, District 13

Jessica Ramos on her run for Mayor of NYC with Good Day NY

Published September 19, 2024 | Video Starts at 05:27

We're very hard workers. The mayor should be equally hard working in delivering our services. So you worked under de Blasio, right? I did. Did you think he was a good mayor? I started my career in the city council 20 years ago during the Bloomberg administration. I worked for a few years on the pre K team and on the communications team for Mayor de Blasio. I'm very thankful to him for Universal Pre K. (05:27–05:33)

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