Zohran Mamdani: “Small businesses employ nearly half of all New Yorkers in…”

“For me. It's the delis and bodegas. Habibi, could I get an egg and cheese on a roll with jalapeno? One Zoran special coming up. Small businesses employ nearly half of all New Yorkers in the private sector. They keep the city running, but the last four years have been hard. We've seen the dollar slice go extinct, storefront after storefront close, and had a mayor and Eric Adams who has ignored the struggles of small businesses.” (00:10–00:14)

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