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Hispanic Heritage Month spotlight: Dominican-American woman rises to become City Council's majority leader

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, News 12 is profiling a Dominican-American woman who was one of the youngest to be elected to Yonkers City Council and now has risen to become its majority leader.

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Sep 16, 2020, 8:07 PM

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