Zellnor Myrie: “I was born and raised in my district.”

“And you know, it is unconventional in the sense that young people, I generally don't have the opportunity to serve in office, in elective office. So I'm always grateful that I was exposed to this at the age that I was born and raised in my district. You heard some of the neighborhoods in central Brooklyn. I went to public schools in central Brooklyn, and then I went to Brooklyn Tech for high school, went on to college.” (04:46–04:48)

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