New Camden, NJ Mayor Dana Redd Sworn In Amid Optimism
(US senator Bob Menendez administers oath of office
to Dana Redd. Redd's grandmother holds a bible.
Redd's brother is at right.)
by KYW's Steve Tawa
Camden, NJ's newly elected mayor took the oath of office on Tuesday, on Rutgers University's Camden campus.
Dana Redd, a product of Camden city's "Waterfront South" section, in a speech infused with spiritual phrases but grounded in gritty reality, vowed to take Camden to the next level.
Her priorities: addressing longstanding historical problems, including urban decay, poverty, and violence:
"If we remain faithful, and if we persevere, we can drive down the crime rates and not be declared as the most dangerous city in America."
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