Zohran Mamdani: “5.4 billion, as you said. Now, I can't put forward an…”

“… one, the preliminary budget on February 17, we had to both tell New Yorkers about not just the level of our fiscal deficit, but what was still Left to fill. 5.4 billion, as you said. Now, I can't put forward an accounting statement and just say 5.4 billion. We hope to find a way working with the state. That's the truth. But in terms of what you have to put in your budget, you have to use the tools the city has to fill it in in the interim.” (09:31–09:38)

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