City Council installs new speaker

Name: City Council installs new speaker
Uploaded: 2018-01-03T22:14:00+00:00
Duration: 1 min 42 s
Description: The New York City Council has a new speaker. Corey Johnson was a kid from Massachusetts who grew up to be one of the city's most powerful politicians. And now 16 years after Johnson arrived in this city in that unglamorous fashion, its council voted to bestow upon him the title and responsibilities of what is likely the second-most-powerful political position in the city — City Council speaker.

The New York City Council has a new speaker. Corey Johnson was a kid from Massachusetts who grew up to be one of the city's most powerful politicians. And now 16 years after Johnson arrived in this city in that unglamorous fashion, its council voted to bestow upon him the title and responsibilities of what is likely the second-most-powerful political position in the city — City Council speaker.

Posted January 3, 2018 9:45pm EST