Zohran Mamdani: “I have spoken about my commitment to hire 200 additional…”

“… attack on the entire fabric of this city, and also a political and technical responsibility to do all that which is in our power to stand up for those same. I have spoken about my commitment to hire 200 additional lawyers to ensure that the law department is at the same staffing levels it was at pre pandemic. to create pay parity for those lawyers across city agencies so that no longer do we face the same retention crisis to build upon the steps we're taking to provide legal representation for New Yorkers in deportation proceedings.” (22:08–22:18)

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