Zohran Mamdani: “Our parks have been neglected and underfunded, the first…”

“And after all, as the great MC Shan once rhymed, hip hop was set out in the dark. They used to do it out in the park. And yet we know that for too long, Our parks have been neglected and underfunded, the first victims of cuts, the public infrastructure most eagerly sacrificed. And as our City hall works to build a city in partnership with elected officials at the city and the state levels, like the ones we have here today, a …” (02:16–02:24)

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