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Zohran Mamdani: “The mayor sets the rent for about 2 1/2 million New Yorkers…”

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Interview with Zohran Mamdani on New York City Mayoral Run and Political Challenges

Published December 5, 2024 | Video Starts at 09:32

No, I don't think that there is a silver bullet. I do think that there are clear and obvious answers to how we can start to get there. One of them is The mayor sets the rent for about 2 1/2 million New Yorkers who live in rent stabilized units. These are units that used to be the bedrock of economic security. And yet this mayor has raised the rent by 9% and counting. (09:32–09:37)

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Asserts the mayor's role in setting rent for 2.5 million rent-stabilized New Yorkers.

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