Zohran Mamdani: “The City University of New York [is important] and [needs]…”

“And the rest of the phone call, she used it to emphasize the importance of The City University of New York [is important] and [needs] increased funding. And I so loved it because that's what we should have been speaking about. But instead, here was a young person who had been reduced to their religious identity, who …” (16:01–16:05)

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