Zohran Mamdani: “Departments that were once storied on the front lines, for…”

“And I think that we have seen a similar thing here in New York City, where Departments that were once storied on the front lines, for example, of fights for civil rights and equal rights, like the law department in New York City, have instead been hamstrung by underfunding and lack of interest and commitment from a city hall. And what that has left us with is a shell of what city government could be. And so I think it comes back to that team.” (13:45–13:59)

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