Zohran Mamdani: “She is someone who has won significant victories for tenants…”

“Obviously, that's not an opinion that I share, and I made the decision to have her as our executive director of the mayor's office to protect tenants, not because of her comments, but because of her work. She is someone who has won significant victories for tenants not just in New York City, but across the entirety of the state. Formative part of what was an upstate downstate coalition. And we've seen her already hard at work in this past week.” (05:56–06:03)

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