Zohran Mamdani: “Andrew Cuomo gave Elon Musk a $959 million tax break to…”

“And it's important to name that. This is something that only applies to when we have policies that seek to assist working class New Yorkers or Americans. Because when Andrew Cuomo gave Elon Musk a $959 million tax break to build the Buffalo Billions pet project. he sought, there was no question as to how he would pay for it. And even though he promised that for every dollar invested, it would yield $30 in economic benefits, there was no question when it only yielded $0.54.” (18:00–18:08)

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