Zohran Mamdani: “New York City is the most expensive city in the United…”

“And this is in many ways a question of whether we want to go back to the past or whether we want to go to the future. And our campaign is one that sees this New York City is the most expensive city in the United States of America. America. One in four New Yorkers are living in poverty. The rest are living in a permanent state of anxiety about whether they can keep affording this city.” (05:35–05:39)

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