Zohran Mamdani: “Governor Hochul [has made an] investment, which will be…”

“I want to introduce our next speaker, Zahran Mamdani. Thank you so much. Good afternoon, everyone. It is such a pleasure to be here. And I first want to just say thank you to Governor Hochul [has made an] investment, which will be transformative for so many [people] that I have had the pleasure of representing as the state assemblymember here in Astoria in Long Island City. And I want to say thank you to my colleagues in state government and in city government, and thank you especially to Costa Constantine, truly.” (17:51–18:03)

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