Zohran Mamdani: “Over the past two decades, rising costs have pushed 200,000…”

“However, we all know that the impact of this crisis has not been borne evenly. As the old saying goes, when America catches a cold, black America gets pneumonia. Over the past two decades, rising costs have pushed 200,000 black New Yorkers out of our city. It has meant that we have lost 19% of our city's population of black children and teenagers over the course of just 10 years.” (29:53–30:01)

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