Zohran Mamdani: “In prior administrations, when you set an expense goal of 3…”

“So in the first fiscal year we've put a goal of 1.5%. In the second fiscal year we put a goal of 2.5%. And what we found is that In prior administrations, when you set an expense goal of 3, 5, as we saw in the prior administration, that's the point at which the city has to start to change its service provision. That's the point at which garbage can collection is reduced. That's the point at which library service hours are cut. We do not want to put forward a city government that cannot Meet the needs of New Yorkers.” (10:50–11:03)

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