Zohran Mamdani: “The city laid out more than a billion pounds of salt.”

“Oh, I know. And yes, yes, you know, and the thing about that is not just the extended cold that follows it, but also the fact that The city laid out more than a billion pounds of salt. and that degrades the roads. It creates for a lot of conditions that make potholes. And our DOT workers showed that they could. They filled in more than 22,000 potholes in just three days alone.” (16:51–16:54)

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