In Part 2 of his weekly "Mondays with the Mayor" interview on NY1, Mayor de Blasio joined Errol Louis from City Hall to defend his decision to name First Lady Chirlane McCray as a co-chair of the racial equity coronavirus task force.

He also responded to critics who said New York officials failed to act as quickly to the new coronavirus as elected officials on the West Coast.

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