Zohran Mamdani: “From 2000 to 2020, this city lost 200,000 of its black…”

“And for many who work here, who now find their residence in Jersey City or in Connecticut or in Pennsylvania, anywhere else where their dollar can go a little bit further. And we've seen, just in a snapshot, From 2000 to 2020, this city lost 200,000 of its black residents. That is the cost of inaction. And so that also speaks to the urgency of this conversation and this advocacy.” (23:44–23:51)

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