Zohran Mamdani: “The former mayor would under budget the costs of actual city…”

“However, the $12 billion fiscal deficit, when it comes to the architects of that deficit, we're talking about the former mayor and the former governor. The reason for this is that The former mayor would under budget the costs of actual city services. We're talking about when it comes to access to shelter, or we're talking about cash assistance, sometimes even only budgeting half of the cost or, you know, 60% of the cost.” (03:10–03:15)

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