Zohran Mamdani: “Freezing the rent, that's not something that requires any…”

“I said the freezing rents on half of the apartments, free bus service, the free childcare, and the city run grocery stores. How do you pay for that? Let's go through it. So, for the first thing, Freezing the rent, that's not something that requires any fiscal output from the city. It's something that's determined by the Rent Guidelines Board composed of nine members. The mayor picks each of those members. They determine each year whether rents rise or whether they stay the same.” (03:45–03:49)

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