New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray is married to Mayor Bill deBlasio, There are good reasons to stay away from interviewing politicians. They tend to talk in sound bites or trap you in their talking points.  But McCray is actually willing to look you in the eye and tell you what it was like to be the only black student in her school and how she fell in love with her husband.  Check out our conversation on

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