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de Blasio Press Q&A: The Workforce Development Edition



Mayor Bill de Blasio hosted a press conference today promoting changes in and expansion of the City’s workforce development efforts.

On Topic Q&A:

Here is the on topic portion of the Q&A:

Off Topic Q&A:

Off topic questions were predominantly focused on the Thursday night NYPD shooting of an unarmed man in Brooklyn’s Pink Houses, the ongoing grand juries in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases and police/community relations.

Excerpts of the mayor’s full comments on the NYPD shooting are here.