Jessica Ramos: “I went for $3.5 billion in order to create this [excluded…”

“And landlords don't care if you have papers or not. The supermarket doesn't care whether you got papers or not. So I did what everybody told me was impossible. I went for $3.5 billion in order to create this [excluded workers] fund, and I won $2.1 billion. for an excluded workers fund that people were able to access if they could prove loss of income. Okay, so those are great items on a resume for people to know about as they consider who they might want for mayor.” (12:19–12:27)

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