Zohran Mamdani: “I spoke about the importance of raising about $9 billion in…”

“These are structural solutions that will provide us with the foundation so that we can advance not only a solution to the fiscal crisis, but also an affordability agenda. Now, in the campaign I spoke about the importance of raising about $9 billion in additional taxes. I laid out the mechanisms by which we would do so. That continues to be the case. I continue to believe in the importance of that.” (47:31–47:37)

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