Zohran Mamdani: “The state budget is about $252 billion a year.”

“Now, that sounds significant, which it is, but just want to put it into context. We're Talking about that in the context of a city budget, that's about a $113 billion a year The state budget is about $252 billion a year. there is money. The question is what we spend it on. And what I've proposed is that we raise $10 billion to pay for our entire economic agenda and start to trump proof our city.” (07:44–07:54)

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