Zohran Mamdani: “About 10,000 New Yorkers lost power, mostly concentrated in…”

“So it's a real pleasure to be on. Jake and I can just start with the power outages. So we were alerted to the fact About 10,000 New Yorkers lost power, mostly concentrated in the Rockaways, and this time about 8,000 of them have recovered that power. We sent out emergency personnel to inspect the conditions as well as opened up three warming centers to ensure that for any New Yorker who was without power, they had a place to stay warm and to stay safe.” (00:24–00:33)

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