Zohran Mamdani: “It's about people like Richard, the taxi driver. I went on a…”

“It's about people like the woman I met on the BX 33 years ago, who said to me, I used to love New York, but now it's just where I live. And It's about people like Richard, the taxi driver. I went on a 15 day hunger strike with outside of city Hal, who still has to drive his cab seven days a week. My brother, we are in City hall now. This victory is for all of them. And it's for all of you, the more than 100,000 volunteers who built this campaign into an unstoppable force.” (05:43–05:59)

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