Zohran Mamdani: “New York City has always been an expensive place, but we are…”

“It's part of why I'm running, which is because I love this city. How do you feel that the city has changed in that amount of time? You know, New York City has always been an expensive place, but we are now the most expensive place in America. And the affordability crisis is such that people are being pushed out of the city. You know, I mean, there are so many New Yorkers who have had to move.” (06:49–06:55)

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