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Mayor's J'Ouvert festival comments come under fire

Mayor Bill de Blasio is coming under fire for comments made this week about the violence at Monday's J'Ouvert festivities, with which many Irish and Puerto Rican residents in the borough say they disagree.

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Sep 8, 2016, 9:20 PM

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