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Zohran Mamdani: “The average salary of a bus rider is around $30,000 a year.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 44:10

So that's what it comes back to. And the other part of this is this is disproportionately Hurting working class New Yorkers. Yeah, because a bus rider. The average salary of a bus rider is around $30,000 a year. We are talking about the most working class New Yorkers who are dealing with some of the most substandard public transit. And it's a political choice. (44:10–44:15)

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