sentences:  The full Assembly elected Heastie Speaker of the Assembly the next day.Heastie is the first African-American to serve as Speaker of the Assembly.One of his first New York City appearances after becoming speaker was at Al Sharpton's rally in Harlem, where he told the crowd, "This is a tremendous opportunity for our community, for the first time, to have one of us sit at the table," and added "All of you are going to be sitting at that table with me for the first time".