Zohran Mamdani: “New Yorkers cannot afford to wait that long [for job…”

“And I've spoken to New Yorkers myself who've told me that they've applied for a job, they've been told that they've been approved, and then they have to wait for six months for the final approval. And New Yorkers cannot afford to wait that long [for job approvals]. They will take another job. They can't afford to simply wait on City hall to finally have them actually do the work they applied for, sometimes even more than a year ago.” (25:40–25:43)

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