Zohran Mamdani: “I will increase the lawyers we have to pre-pandemic levels…”

“And yet what we have seen is silence at best from this mayor and similarly from a former governor seeking to become the next mayor. And so what I will increase the lawyers we have to pre-pandemic levels to ensure that a storied law department finally has the backing. so that it can continue on its record of protecting working class New Yorkers, but also to increase legal representation, as has been said for immigrant New Yorkers facing these kinds of threats.” (22:22–22:42)

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