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Zohran Mamdani: “Housing is a human right.”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Zohran Mamdani Live on 1010 WINS

Published | Video Starts at 36:52

And yet $2.90 is now out of reach for one in five New Yorkers. The reason I want to freeze the rent is that I think that Housing is a human right. So these are all connected to the question of dignity. Do you need this to live a dignified life? We know that people need food, need housing, need transit, need education. (36:52–36:54)

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Asserts that housing should be considered a human right.

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