Zohran Mamdani: “From 2000 to 2020, 200,000 black New Yorkers left this city.”

“… policy, there's a real exodus of working class New Yorkers that has been taking place for years. And it's also one that has disproportionately impacted certain sets of New Yorkers. From 2000 to 2020, 200,000 black New Yorkers left this city. And also your frontline workers, your health care professionals, your, you know, your paramedics, your police, your firefighters, it's. I mean, all of these people are leaving the city because they can't afford to live here.” (07:33–07:39)

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