Zohran Mamdani: “5 million New Yorkers [are affected by the city's…”

“And you've just announced today that 62% of the people living here don't really meet the true cost of living in incomes. That's about 5 million New Yorkers [are affected by the city's affordability crisis]. This is the most expensive city in the United States of America. And we have to take every single tool that we have to make it more affordable.” (07:01–07:03)

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