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Jon Stewart: “As Brooklyn started to change and develop, it gentrified…”

Featuring: Jon Stewart, Liberal, Progressive | Comedian and Television Host | National

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Socialism, Politics & NYC | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 40:28

Then you're. Because you are. You're in a vicious cycle in some respect. Look, we joke about it, but there are a lot of people in Brooklyn that are resentful. As Brooklyn started to change and develop, it gentrified. And suddenly the people that lived in Brooklyn, as my family did when, when, when they came here, couldn't afford to live there anymore. It's as though when they finally came in and made the neighborhoods more livable, that drove out the people that had been living there. And I imagine that's a difficult problem to solve as well. (40:28–40:41)

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Asserts that gentrification in Brooklyn has led to displacement of long-time residents.

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