This country consists of a lot of very, very good people. Look, one of the things that the whole country is noticing and why your race is so important, it's not just your ideas. The real question here is whether the will of people will prevail, whether the oligarchs and the billionaires will continue to run the city. That is a question. If you can defeat the oligarchs here and say, you know what? New York City is not for sale, that will send the message to every community in America that real change is possible. (12:05–12:15)
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Asserts that there is a struggle between public will and control by wealthy elites in city governance.
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