Zohran Mamdani: “The intent of this cost shifting was not to take care of…”

“I think it's critically important that we take care of needy New Yorkers across the state. I think what we are seeing, however, is that The intent of this cost shifting was not to take care of needy New Yorkers elsewhere. It was in fact to punish [New York] city. And there is no other way to describe a chasm that grew so significantly over the course of a decade and a desire to to cost shift burdens that ranged from a wide variety of services, agencies and departments.” (35:37–35:44)

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