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History Hyenas with Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas

147 - The First Black President of Brooklyn

History Hyenas with Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas

Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas

History, Comedy Interviews, Popculture, Yannispappas, Chrisdistefano, Comedy, Historyhyenas

4.85K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

We spoke to the first black borough President of Brooklyn Eric Adams, and what it was like coming up from Brownsville, how the borough is dealing with COVID, and just why does Brooklyn have a President anyway!?

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0:00.0

The I'm going to do you know What's up everybody?

0:38.0

What's up everybody? Welcome to a very special episode

0:45.2

Via quarantine as per huge lately of the history hyenas today we got a very very very special guest please everybody welcome Eric Adams who is the borough president of

0:50.6

Brooklyn he's basically the president of, which I'm a kid from Brooklyn.

0:55.5

Chris is a kid from Ridgewood. He's been telling people he's from Brooklyn. My first question to you,

1:00.3

Eric, is Chris a kid from Ridood, allowed to say that he's from Brooklyn. Is Ridgewood,

1:06.0

Brooklyn? Yes, yes. We like to keep it on the edge, you know, and we believe that Ridgewood is still inclusive of the Borough of Brooklyn.

1:16.0

So it's included. I consider him a Brooklyn guy on the ridge.

1:21.0

Thank you.

1:22.0

Cheers to you, Chairs you, I'll Presidente.

1:25.1

You're the cutest president Brooklyn's ever had.

1:27.3

And I think what everybody wants to know

1:28.9

is the man over your shoulder in that painting thing.

1:30.7

Is that a ghost?

1:31.6

Who is that a ghost who is that

1:35.4

who is that guy previous previous elected officials you know previous

1:40.8

ex Brooklyn borough President from the Christmas of the past.

1:47.0

Well I gotta be honest with you if it's between you and him who's getting kissed on the lips

1:50.5

the answer is you. I'll say just as an homage to Brooklyn I see those

1:58.4

pictures on the wall but you know what there's no brothers on the wall.

2:01.0

Upstairs we have Shirley Chisholm on the wall,

2:05.8

and actually before I leave office,

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