Zohran Mamdani: “New Yorkers are facing twin crises, authoritarianism from…”

“Yes, we have had a number of meetings and I've appreciated the meetings because the focus of the meetings has been on the fact that New Yorkers are facing twin crises, authoritarianism from Washington, D.C. and an affordability crisis from the inside side. And we often tend to separate these out. We think about democracy as an ideal that must be protected, but not that democracy also has to be able to deliver on the material needs of working people.” (22:41–22:48)

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