Priscilla A. Wooten (March 31, 1936 – February 15, 2017) was an American politician who served in the

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from 1983 to 2001. In 1997, Wooten was the first African-American to endorse Mayor

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's ultimately successful re-election campaign. She died on February 15, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York City,

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at age 80.

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