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#AskTheMayor: The More We Resist Gentrification, The Deeper It'll Go
Mayor Bill de Blasio took calls from listeners and discussed this week's city news, including the indictment of Norman Seabrook for taking kickbacks from a hedge fund manager for investing union pension money.
The mayor also vowed to follow up with several callers, including one caller who felt that her tenant's rights were being violated, a cab driver who thinks he was unfairly given a criminal court ticket, and a man who complained after spending 20 minutes on a 311 call.