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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Few, if any, cities in the country have really felt the effects of the economic collapse more acutely than New York, New…”

On the recordJune 3, 2009
Few, if any, cities in the country have really felt the effects of the economic collapse more acutely than New York, New York City, the State that I represent.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand highlights New York's severe impact from the economic collapse.

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