Election Count Gives N.Y. State 1st Black City Mayor
United Press International
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. —
Democrat Ronald Blackwood was certified Friday as the winner of a special election for mayor of Mount Vernon, making him the first black mayor of a city in New York state, officials said.
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