Zohran Mamdani: “At the heart of my proposal for a Department of Community…”

“I spoke to a Jewish man in Williamsburg just months ago who told me that the door he left unlocked for decades is now one that he locks. And ultimately, this is because we're seeing a crisis of anti Semitism. And that's why At the heart of my proposal for a Department of Community Safety is a commitment to increase funding for anti hate crime programming by 800%. Because to. To your. To your. To your point, antisemitism is not simply something that we should talk about. It's something that we have to tackle.” (05:48–05:58)

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