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Zohran Mamdani: “The city is facing $5.4 billion [fiscal deficit].”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 24:46

If she doesn't agree to that, I. Think what we are seeing right now is what the fiscal deficit is that The city is facing $5.4 billion [fiscal deficit]. and we are now going to use every single tool at our disposal to ensure that this is a fiscal crisis not resolved on the backs of working in middle class New Yorkers. (24:46–24:49)

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Asserts the current fiscal deficit faced by the city.

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