Vanessa Gibson: “Many of our small businesses are family owned and immigrant…”

“… where business owners watch children and families grow up, the abuelitas in the neighborhood and always making sure that we take care of our communities right here in our borough. Many of our small businesses are family owned and immigrant owned businesses. and they deserve a government. They deserve a government that works for them and uplifts all of them and treats them with the dignity and respect that they have earned through generations of serving our communities for too long.” (18:56–19:03)

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