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Jon Stewart: “Could this still be a middle class city?”

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 36:06

There's like three pieces of chicken in here. It's like why does that cost that way? You know, is, is affordability the toughest challenge that you think you'll face? I think so. Because Could this still be a middle class city? That, that is what it has to be. And I think if, if we, if we allow it to continue on the path it's been for many years, it will become a museum of where working class people once lived. (36:06–36:10)

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Questions the viability of maintaining a middle-class population in the city.

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