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When Cory A. Booker took office as mayor of Newark, N.J. in 2006, he assumed responsibility for a city torn by crime, economic instability, and explosive racial tensions. Booker, an Yale-educated lawyer, ran on platform of reforming the city’s government and reducing crime. Since taking office...
“I dared to challenge the present government, of which I was a part,” she said.
THC: And you’ve become mayor of Newark. That’s a big challenge that you took on, and you didn’t have to do it. So why Newark? Why become the mayor?
THC: And what has been your biggest challenge in taking over a very intrenched system of corruption, trying to reform it, and trying to move forward as well?
CB: It isn’t one single thing. It was just difficult on all fronts. You have to try to inject a new culture in the institution. You have to get the right people on board. You have to get the wrong people off board. You have to find...