Zohran Mamdani: “Dean...worked as a first deputy mayor before and worked as…”

“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 Dean...worked as a first deputy mayor before and worked as the head of the budget before he worked in Albany. And the thing that I love about him is that he's worked through all of that, and still his orientation is how do we make a no into a how when it comes to any political problem?” (30:26–30:49)

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