Zohran Mamdani: “The gap between what New York City contributes to the State…”

“… yesterday in the hearing, as well as a place like New York City, is able to actually meet the needs of, of its residents. And what we saw is that The gap between what New York City contributes to the State revenues versus what it receives from the state is one that only was exacerbated under the former governor's leadership. We saw that gap now extend to more than about 14 percentage points, 54.5 versus 40.5 in terms of what's sent versus what's received.” (15:24–15:35)

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