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Zohran Mamdani: “About two and a half million [New Yorkers] live in rent…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Victory Light Podcast: Zoran Mamdani's Campaign for NYC Mayor

Published | Video Starts at 00:17

We don't even move 35,000 people in a day. What we're going to do is make buses fast and free. We have eight and a half million people living in New York City. About two and a half million [New Yorkers] live in rent stabilized houses. The city determines if their rent goes up every year. So we're saying we're going to freeze the rent, give them that stability that they know this year is going to be the same as next year. (00:17–00:21)

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Asserts that approximately 2.5 million New Yorkers live in rent-stabilized housing.

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