Zohran Mamdani: “For many New Yorkers, the only first that they are thinking…”

“Because for all of the coverage of me as the first mayor of this background or the first mayor of that kind, I found that For many New Yorkers, the only first that they are thinking about is the first of the month, because it's still just as unaffordable as it was at the beginning of this campaign. They want a mayor who's going to look at that and say, that's going to be my focus.” (04:53–05:01)

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