Zohran Mamdani: “Chief Savings Officers found about $1.7 billion in savings…”

“You know, you're talking to your friend, you're like, hey, have you heard about the CSOs? What do you think about the CSOs? Hey, do you know the CSOs coming in here? Yeah, like five CSOs over here. … Chief Savings Officers found about $1.7 billion in savings across city government. … when you look at the size of our budget and you also look at what the approach has been to the finances of our city, we know that there are more savings to be had.” (28:26–28:36)

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