Zohran Mamdani: “The real exodus is already happening. It's working in middle…”

“Because too often in this city, in our politics, the only exodus that politicians are worried about are that of the wealthy when we finally tax them what they should pay. But The real exodus is already happening. It's working in middle class New Yorkers who are being pushed out of this city because it's the most expensive one in the country. And so I'm gonna ask you one more time. We're running to freeze the. To freeze the. To freeze the. To freeze the. You have my commitment. You have my word.” (00:50–01:01)

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