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LiberalElite

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Wed Nov 6, 2013, 02:07 AM Nov 2013

New York: deBlasio's victory speech

Source: NY Times

Here are excerpts from Bill de Blasio’s victory speech at the Park Slope Armory in Brooklyn.

• “The challenges we face have been decades in the making. And the problems we set out to address will not be solved overnight. But make no mistake. The people of this city have chosen a progressive path. And tonight we set forth on it, together, as one city.”



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/news/election-2013/2013/11/05/new-york-de-blasios-victory-speech/?_r=0



There are also some election results in the right hand column. deBlasio won BIG!
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KICK! Iwillnevergiveup Nov 2013 #1
Hopefully he can fix those ridiculous tolls. go west young man Nov 2013 #2
Very impressive speech, man, and family! The love up on that stage was FailureToCommunicate Nov 2013 #3
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