Zohran Mamdani: “Freezing the rent...doesn't come at a fiscal cost to the…”

“Are all of these things at once, while also many of them being tenants. And as you've said, there is a precedent for all of these commitments. When we talk about Freezing the rent...doesn't come at a fiscal cost to the City of New York. It is through the power we have of the Rent Guidelines Board to tell the landlords of Those more than 2 million New Yorkers that they cannot raise the rent …” (08:44–08:49)

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