Zohran Mamdani: “From 2010 to 2019, we saw a 19% drop in the population of…”

“And when we talk about a focus on the cost of living crisis, we know that for black New Yorkers, that's not an intellectual concern. The City has lost 200,000 black New Yorkers over the last few decades alone. From 2010 to 2019, we saw a 19% drop in the population of black children and teenagers. So in focusing on the affordability crisis, in delivering on that crisis, we are finally bringing the struggles of black New Yorkers and New Yorkers across the five boroughs to the heart of our politics and not just to the footnotes of it.” (01:10–01:18)

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