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Brooklyn Museum: Blasio and Police Officers

brooklyn museum: Speaking to supporters at an election night party at the Brooklyn Museum, de Blasio pledged to make New York the fairest city in America, promising to increase investments in pre-kindergarten and affordable housing, to put body cameras on all police officers and to fight for more money to fix the subway system, according to CTV. We've got to become a fairer city. De Blasio, a Democrat, easily defeated Republican state lawmaker Nicole Malliotakis, of Staten Island, and several third-party candidates. We've got to do it soon, and we've got to do it fast, he said. First elected four years ago, de Blasio emerged as a national leader in progressive politics. You've seen some important changes in the last four years, but you ain't seen nothing yet. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.