Zohran Mamdani: “Empire bins were rolled out in Harlem.”

“No one should have to live surrounded by garbage. And for a brief moment, it seemed like we were wouldn't. In 2024, voters overwhelmingly supported moving forward with trash containerization. Empire bins were rolled out in Harlem. They were promised in Brooklyn. And then, as so many New Yorkers have come to expect from government, the momentum stalled.” (29:48–29:52)

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