Zohran Mamdani: “That's the measure across the five boroughs, that, that's…”

“And in this city you have to make $334,000 to be able to afford that kind of expense. And to me it is, how do we move as quickly as possible? That's the measure across the five boroughs, that, that's how much your family would have to earn to be able to absorb that kind of a hit. And people earn less than that and they find ways to make it work, but not without it being to the detriment of themselves and their financial situation.” (20:36–20:42)

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