Whitney Tilson: “We have a strong mayoral system and as the mayor can appoint…”

“I guess it would be the ability to change other people's minds. And that would come in handy as mayor because as you pointed out, as. It'S a tough group of people, We have a strong mayoral system and as the mayor can appoint the top 155 people and have a great deal of direct control. But as an outsider just trying to do what's right for the people of New York, I'll be dealing with a lot of political entities, the state legislature and others …” (22:30–22:38)

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