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NYC Leadership Amid Pandemic and Protest
Harry Siegel, FAQ NYC co-host, Daily News columnist and Daily Beast senior editor and Debralee Santos, editor of The Manhattan Times and The Bronx Free Press, talk about how Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio are doing in handling these intense times since March -- including on pandemic public health, pandemic economics, fighting crime and systemic racism.