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Zohran Mamdani: “I am the first Muslim elected official to ever run for this…”

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Zohran Mamdani Discusses New York City Mayoral Race and Progressive Policies at Zateo Town Hall

Published June 18, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:11

And as I sit before you as a leading candidate for mayor, I also know that I am the first Muslim elected official to ever run for this position in the history of our city. and have gone through this primary having been called by other candidates, including Andrew Cuomo, words such as a monster or being at the gates. (03:11–03:16)

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Asserts that he is the first Muslim elected official to run for mayor of New York City.

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“We've seen Andrew Cuomo and his Republican billionaire donors get terrified to the extent that they're pouring in millions of dollars each…”
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“His super PAC now has close to $20 million.”
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“That was absolutely Islamophobic campaigning.”
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“Andrew Cuomo has where he refused to visit a single mosque in the more than 10 years he led the state.”
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“His is a vision that is funded by the same Republican billionaire donors that put Donald Trump back in the White House.”
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“About two and a half million New Yorkers live in rent stabilized housing right now.”
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“They have a median household income of about $60,000 a year.”
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“The profits of their landlords increased in this last year by 12%.”
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“We've seen the previous mayor freeze the rent three times for rent stabilized tenants.”
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“Bus riders are disproportionately more working class than subway riders.”
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“We find the $700 million a year it would take to do this [make buses free].”
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“The largest amount of funds, the $5 billion of the 10 that we propose raising, would come from matching the state's top corporate tax rate…”
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“ICE is a rogue agency, one that has no interest in laws, no interest in order.”
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“ICE... is a modern creation, one that did not exist 30 years ago.”
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“Unlike Eric Adams, I would ensure that my NYPD would not be assisting those [ICE] agents.”
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“Making buses free would cost less than what I just cited.”
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“Delivering universal childcare would also cost less than the economic cost we're seeing of the absence of that, which is more than $20…”
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“Raise the top corporate tax rate of corporations making millions of dollars in profits to match that of New Jersey.”
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“Increase income taxes on the top 1% of New Yorkers who make a million dollars a year by a flat 2%.”
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