Zohran Mamdani: “LaGuardia founded what is today called the New York City…”

“You know, my favorite mayor will continue to be Fiorello LaGuardia. And I think of his example often. LaGuardia founded what is today called the New York City Commission on Human Rights. At that time, it had a different name. And today we announced our new executive director, our new commissioner and chair of that entity.” (32:41–32:47)

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