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Bill de Blasio: I think it was going to happen, but it took the De Blasio administration for it to happen.

On the recordJune 19, 2014
I think it was going to happen, but it took the De Blasio administration for it to happen.
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Bill de Blasio
Democratic · New York

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Sarah Burns discusses the timing of the settlement related to the Central Park Five case and credits the De Blasio administration for making it happen.

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