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Zohran Mamdani: “Our inability to provide universal child care has cost New…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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New York Mayoral Candidate Zoran Momdani Discusses Campaign Strategy and Policy on Bad Faith Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 33:24

And by that I mean the fact that we are losing New York City's tax base to neighboring states. And we're seeing studies that have said that Our inability to provide universal child care has cost New York about $23 billion in just the last few years of economic activity. And the way that we would step up to the plate and finally end this exodus of working class New Yorkers is, it is just by mirroring the example of the radical socialist utopia of New Jersey. (33:24–33:34)

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