Zohran Mamdani: “$2.90 is now out of reach for one in five New Yorkers [for…”

“My belief in universal childcare is part of extending the already existing belief in how we treat K12. My belief in making buses fast and free is because we think that public transit is for the public. And yet $2.90 is now out of reach for one in five New Yorkers [for public transit]. The reason I want to freeze the rent is that I think that housing is a human right. So these are all connected to the question of dignity.” (36:45–36:50)

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