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Zohran Mamdani: “Republican governors [lead] eight out of 10 top states with…”

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Zohran Mamdani Live on 1010 WINS

Published October 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 39:39

It's not that he's concerned with crime. If he was, he'd be thinking about the Republican governors [lead] eight out of 10 top states with the highest levels of crime in the country. I agree with Commissioner Tisch, who said directly to the Trump administration, we don't need the National Guard here. We have the nypd. (39:39–39:45)

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Asserts that Republican governors lead eight of the 10 states with the highest crime rates.

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“My values, my commitment, my ideals, they have remained the same throughout my political career.”
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“We have to earn [votes] every single day.”
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“Our affordability agenda [aims] to take the most expensive city in the United States of America and make it affordable for everyone.”
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“These also include Israeli scholars themselves, including Amos Goldberg, Daniel Blattman.”
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“These are the findings also of a number of United Nations experts.”
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“I then said that this is language I would discourage.”
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“I've said that Israel has a right to exist. I have not said as a Jewish state.”
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“We as a pension fund are buying bonds of a sovereign nation...oftentimes we have only extended to the Israeli state.”
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“Governor Hochul has been interested in universal childcare before I was running for mayor.”
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“City hall wanted to deliver universal pre K, they had to fight Andrew Cuomo to be able to do so.”
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“Returning to the practices of previous marijuana administrations that ended raids on sex workers.”
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