Zohran Mamdani: “There is an exhaustion amongst New Yorkers at the sheer…”

“… and more New Yorkers are are united in the belief that an honest day's work should be allowed to make that person afford the city that they call home. And There is an exhaustion amongst New Yorkers at the sheer contrast between these workers who cannot afford to live in this city and CEOs who are making $96 million a year on the backs of those same workers. Labor. And that exhaustion is one that has also given rise to a movement where people are demanding what they deserve.” (40:12–40:28)

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