Zohran Mamdani: “Our city [is] facing a generational fiscal crisis the likes…”

“And to your second question, you know, we have laid out the facts of our preliminary budget, facts that include Our city [is] facing a generational fiscal crisis the likes of which we haven't seen since the Great Recession. And unlike the Great Recession, this was not caused by external factors. This was entirely man made and within the control of city government.” (00:43–15:07)

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