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Zohran Mamdani: “It costs $2.90 [to ride the bus]. That is out of reach for…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Zohran Mamdani: New York's New Mayor Pops In

Published | Video Starts at 41:34

That's walking. You can. You can beat running. Yeah. Yeah. And what we see is that more than a million New Yorkers ride the bus. Okay. It costs $2.90 [to ride the bus]. That is out of reach for one in five New Yorkers. Wow. So when you make the bus Free. You not only provide economic relief where you ensure that it's universally accessible, you also actually make it safer. (41:34–41:40)

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Asserts that the bus fare is unaffordable for 20% of New Yorkers.

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