Zohran Mamdani: “Her 47 years of service to our city are a testament of her…”

“I want to recognize and express my gratitude to former Commissioner Iris Rodriguez Rosa, the first Latina to ever hold the role in a truly incredible New Yorker. Her 47 years of service to our city are a testament of her love of New York. and quantifiable evidence of a genuinely remarkable career. I thank her, and I wish her only the best in her next chapter of retirement. In my inaugural address, I quoted the great Jadakis J.” (05:01–05:07)

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