#AskTheMayor: fairer high school admissions, NYCHA gaming safety inspections

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 15, 2018

Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, answers questions about the fairness of the admissions tests for the city's elite high schools and comments on his son Dante's editorial in New York Daily News, a citywide ban on plastic bags, the and the federal fine for NYCHA's gaming of HUD safety inspections.

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