Zohran Mamdani: “Commitment to hiring 200 lawyers to return the law…”

“One that looks at this city and the 40% of its residents who were born outside of this country as just as New York as anyone else. And one that commits Commitment to hiring 200 lawyers to return the law department to pre-pandemic levels. One that ensures we increase legal representation of immigrant New Yorkers who are under attack.” (03:51–04:01)

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