Zohran Mamdani: “If we spent the entire campaign talking about freezing the…”

“And you have to prove that they were right to believe. You have to give them. If we spent the entire campaign talking about freezing the rent for rent, stabilized tenants, fast and free buses, universal childcare... the urgency of starting to deliver on that, it's what makes people understand that they were right to demand more. But is there a balance that you have to strike?” (32:12–32:18)

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