Zohran Mamdani: “A chasm grew so significantly over the course of a decade…”

“I think what we are seeing, however, is that the intent of this cost shifting was not to take care of needy New Yorkers elsewhere. It was in fact to punish this city. And there is no other way to describe A chasm grew so significantly over the course of a decade [due to cost shifting]. and a desire to to cost shift burdens that ranged from a wide variety of services, agencies and departments. And I'm heartened by the fact that we have now an opportunity to chart a new kind of course.” (35:43–36:01)

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