Television
Aug 14, 2013
MIKE QUESTIONS NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE BILL DE BLASIO ABOUT THE “STOP AND FRISK” POLICY, ASKING: “IF YOU BUY INTO THE CONCEPT—AS I THINK YOU MIGHT—THAT THERE ARE INCREASINGLY TWO NEW YORKS, AS THERE ARE TWO AMERICAS IN TERMS OF INCOME INEQUALITY, ONE OF THE APPROACHES TO DEALING WITH THIS IS TO BEEF UP EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: AGE FOUR AND FIVE THROUGH AGE NINE OR TEN, GRAB THEM, KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL, SUSTAIN THEM IN THE SCHOOL, GIVE THEM MUCH MORE SUPPORT IN THE SCHOOL—BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE POOR AND MANY OF THEM COME FROM SINGLE PARENT HOMES—SO IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, IF THAT IS PART OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO FOR NEW YORK CITY, HOW DO YOU AFFORD IT?” ON MORNING JOE ON MSNBC.

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