Zohran Mamdani: “I made a promise a little more than a year ago to New…”

“Why did you think that this was the right time to, you know, take those shots and that that was what was needed for the movement? You're trying to build. You know, I made a promise a little more than a year ago to New Yorkers that I would use every tool at my disposal to deliver on an affordability agenda. And when I looked at these races and I saw Claire, Darielisa, Brad in each of them, I saw candidacies that were not just compelling on what they were building, but also compelling in who they were speaking to and how they would fight for.” (07:43–07:52)

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