Zohran Mamdani: “One of the most impressive achievements in city politics in…”

“… as ambitious as the crisis in front of them will require state partnership because the city is effectively a creature of the state, especially after the 1970s fiscal crisis. So One of the most impressive achievements in city politics in the last few decades was the creation of universal pre-k. pre k. That was done by the previous mayor, who, Mayor de Blasio, who ran on that as part of his agenda, needed Albany to get it done.” (28:27–28:35)

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