Zohran Mamdani: “Our dream is that by August 18, we are not collecting a…”

“And I want to echo something that our corporations counsel, Banks has just stated earlier, which is that the point of this is not the collection of fines. The point of this is compliance. We want every single retailer to be in compliance. Our dream is that by August 18, we are not collecting a single fine because every one of these 42 companies is now in compliance. The most important thing here is that New Yorkers are safe. And I can tell you that being on the phone with Gabrielle's mother, the heartbreak that she felt then, …” (20:18–20:27)

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