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New York City mayor: "I spoke out of real distress" after Brooklyn rabbi's funeral
“I spoke last night out of passion, I could not believe my eyes ... it was deeply, deeply distressing. Again, this is a community I love, this is a community I have spent a lot of time working with closely, and if you saw anger and frustration, you're right. I spoke out of real distress — people's lives were in danger before my eyes, and I was not going to tolerate it."
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