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Public Advocate Letitia James: Time to Tackle "Gilded Age of Inequality" in New York City

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January 2, 2014

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Letitia James was sworn in on Wednesday as New York City's new public advocate, the position previously occupied by new mayor Bill de Blasio. James is the first AfricanAmerican woman to be elected to city wide office in New York. In her speech, she condemned "a gilded age of inequality" that grew under de Blasio's predecessor, Michael Bloomberg. An 11yearold homeless girl named Dasani Coates, who was recently profiled in the New York Times, held the bible during James' swearing in.

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