That passion took Stringer to Albany as a state assemblyman for 13 years. After serving as Manhattan borough president, he was then elected as city controller, the city's chief financial officer. I did some of the biggest things a comptroller has ever done. I divested from fossil fuels, I divested from gun manufacturers. How do you get all this done? Well, you better know what you're doing. And if you don't know the buck, then you don't know the job. (01:45–01:52)
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Asserts that he divested New York City funds from fossil fuels and gun manufacturers during his tenure as comptroller.
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