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[applause] >> thank you, and thank you for joining us at the site of the national park service in new york and one to have the great treasures of new york city. let me first introduce jonathan soffer. he grew up in albany, had the wisdom to move to manhattan to attend columbia. [laughter] he joined the broadway democrats in 1977. certain things may be forgiven. he got his doctorate from columbia and now teaches history at nyu polytechnic institute. i realized not long ago if we

not just because new yorkers often forget our history, it's important because it tells a lot about new york and provides some object he is sons. of -- lessons. the first time i covered ed koch was probably not long after i got to the daily news in 1968. he might have just been elected to congress. reinvited a reporter along -- he invited a reporter along on a raid, he was going to expose the cruel way animals were being euthanized except when shelter officials explained the process, he changed his mind. instead of lobbing an easy, cheap shot, he was persuaded that he had been mistake...

when he returned back somebody had thrown it on the ground and smashed it and he glued it back and capped it with him and heather is sitting in his chambers as a model of inspiration. . . and i thought well that's an interesting thing we have black and white seats but i will let that go. and when president george h. w. bush had nominated than judge thomas, his tone had entirely changed, and essentially accused justice thomas of being a benedict arnold and he doesn't represent us and our community. and again it's the old black-and-white motion. wait, our communities -- she is as black...