Zohran Mamdani: “The cost of [fare-free buses] is about $700 million a year.”

“So this is less than half of what we're already set to spend when it comes to fare free buses The cost of [fare-free buses] is about $700 million a year. That's in the context of a city budget of 115 billion, a state budget of 252 billion.” (04:32–04:35)

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