City officials in New Bedford are disputing claims made by Hillary Clinton in her speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday. In the speech, Clinton spoke about her time in the Massachusetts city. "I remember meeting a young girl in a wheelchair on the small back porch of her house," Clinton said. "She told me how badly she wanted to go to school - it just didn’t seem possible in those days."Former Mayor Jack Markey said those claims are not true.In an interview with the Boston Herald, Markey, a democrat, said the claims were not true."We would take handicapped kids in a small van to schools that could take them," Markey told the Herald. "I would have been aware of a child needing help to go to school."Get the WCVB News App

City officials in New Bedford are disputing claims made by Hillary Clinton in her speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday.

In the speech, Clinton spoke about her time in the Massachusetts city. "I remember meeting a young girl in a wheelchair on the small back porch of her house," Clinton said. "She told me how badly she wanted to go to school - it just didn’t seem possible in those days."




Former Mayor Jack Markey said those claims are not true.



In an interview with the Boston Herald, Markey, a democrat, said the claims were not true.



"We would take handicapped kids in a small van to schools that could take them," Markey told the Herald. "I would have been aware of a child needing help to go to school."





