Zohran Mamdani: “More than one in eight New Yorkers have Dominican heritage.”

“And I want to also say thank you to the Dominican community, because to grow up as a New Yorker in this city is also to grow up in debt to the Dominican community. More than one in eight New Yorkers have Dominican heritage. Whether or not you are Dominican, there is something Dominican in your life because you're a New Yorker. And I'll tell you, if it wasn't for the Dominican community, I would have never learned the word guadagarabitis Berry.” (22:27–22:31)

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