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Zohran Mamdani: “2/3 or 3/4 of New Yorkers support making buses fast and…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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American Conversations: Zohran Mamdani

Published | Video Starts at 09:32

And it's, as you said, when I speak to New Yorkers, I am asked far less to describe my politics and far more to answer the question of whether my politics includes them. And that's what people are interested in. They want to know, … 2/3 or 3/4 of New Yorkers support making buses fast and free, universal childcare, freezing the rent. … if they are marginal positions or radical positions or things of that nature, we find the truth of it is that it is a mainstream position. (09:32–09:44)

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