Zohran Mamdani: “One in four [people] are in poverty in the wealthiest city…”

“In order for us to defeat this authoritarian movement, we also have to showcase the ability for our democracy, our city government, to meet the needs of a population of whom One in four [people] are in poverty in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Yeah, Bloomberg. Laura, hi. Sorry. Just to piggyback up, what do you say to people who maybe don't have a candidate yet, who are nevertheless worried about the fact that …” (14:39–14:45)

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