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Zohran Mamdani: “The governor's forceful pushback of [congestion pricing] is…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Published | Video Starts at 52:46

We don't hear about it much anymore. Part of that is because it's been successful. But for it to be successful, it needed to be defended. And The governor's forceful pushback of [congestion pricing] is part of what allowed the time, the space, the oxygen for it to become an issue such that the federal administration wouldn't even want to tackle it anymore. Okay, that brings us to the end of our time. Thank you so much. I learned a lot. Thank you. Great talking with you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (52:46–52:56)

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Asserts that the governor's opposition helped congestion pricing become a non-issue for the federal administration.

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