Zohran Mamdani: “In this city you have to make $334,000 to be able to afford…”

“You created a pied a tear tax for, you know, second homes that of the over $5 million in value, is that correct? Like, they're not, these are not particularly radical reinventions. It feels like smart prioritizing, if I may. In this city you have to make $334,000 to be able to afford that kind of expense [childcare]. And to me it is, how do we move as quickly as possible? Well, I, I, I think that a lot of it comes back to how do you judge the success of your work?” (20:17–20:25)

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