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Zohran Mamdani: “Small businesses employ a majority of all New Yorkers who…”

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

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Zohran Mamdani Discusses Mayoral Campaign and Policies on The Breakfast Club

Published | Video Starts at 16:09

And an interesting thing that I've also seen is that noise complaints are down by a significant amount because you have reduced congestion. And that's a difference also in quality of life. But I think to your point, small businesses. Small businesses employ a majority of all New Yorkers who are working in the private sector. We put forward a small business proposal where we would cut fines and fees for those businesses by 50% across the board. And we would do that because, you know, the city has $113 billion budget. (16:09–16:13)

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