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Zohran Mamdani: “The top 1% of New York City earns a million dollars or more…”

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

Mamdani: 'What we need is an approach to leadership that understands partnership at the core of it'

Published September 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 12:23

It is also one where one in four are living in Poverty. And to your point, we have a number of New Yorkers who are doing quite well. The top 1% of New York City earns a million dollars or more a year. And my vision is not one where they leave. It is one where they stay. How do you get them to stay? (12:23–12:28)

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Asserts that the top 1% of earners in New York City have an income of at least one million dollars annually.

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