Zohran Mamdani: “154,000 students in our public school system were homeless.”

“What is the first concrete step and how will you gauge success? This is a crisis we're seeing in New York city. Last measure, 154,000 students in our public school system were homeless. And that is a shame. It is something that should scandalize all of us. And to me, there are a clear set of next steps.” (15:32–15:36)

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