Brooklyn Councilman Named World's Tallest Male Politician
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York City is now home to the tallest male politician in the world.
Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr., who represents Bedford-Stuyvesant and Northern Crown Heights in Brooklyn, stands 6 feet 10 inches tall.
On Wednesday, he was presented as the Guinness World Records' tallest male politician.
"For young people if they don't see someone who looks like them - whether it's through ethnicity or body type or any type of body size - it's very difficult for them to find a pathway for themselves... Open up the idea that there's a pathway no matter how you look," Cornegy said.
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