Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his first State of the City address at LaGuardia Community College on February 10, 2014.

Recapping Bill de Blasio's First State of the City Speech

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 11, 2014

In his first State of the City speech yesterday, Bill de Blasio reprised his "Tale of Two Cities" theme, while pushing for new plans to raise the minimum wage, issue new ID cards (including to undocumented immigrants), and more. WNYC's Brigid Bergin and Capital New York reporter Sally Goldenberg break down the politics and policy of the speech, and then Juan Manuel Benitez, NY1 Noticias reporter and host of Pura Politica, discusses Mayor de Blasio's new ID program.

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