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Zohran Mamdani: “I have long believed in the importance of taxing the rich.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 32:08

This is not a conversation on the basis of ideology. This is a conversation about a fiscal crisis. I have long believed in the importance of taxing the rich. I've said so publicly many a time. And I've long believed in the need for the state and the city's relationship to be a fair one. (32:08–32:12)

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