Zohran Mamdani: “Dean is somebody who'd been in government for 47 years.”

“I hired her as my chief of staff when I was in the Assembly. She's been with you from the jump, and she's incredible. And Dean is somebody who'd been in government for 47 years. and he'd worked as a first deputy mayor before and worked as the head of the budget before he worked in Albany.” (30:41–30:44)

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