"When I came into office, I saw someone who fit that description," the mayor said. "I saw her poise, I saw how calm she was, I saw her spirit. I saw her and I thought automatically about Sandra, my sister."
Jennifer Ynoa, 36, stood in front of the counter at Salim Smoke Shop and & Lottery Corp on Dekalb Avenue in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn shortly before 10pm Sunday.