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Zohran Mamdani: “There is one free bus in New York City today. Q70.”

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

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Published May 21, 2026 | Video Starts at 21:50

And so that bus action plan is right now our focus, but we're going to keep working with Albany on how to actually make buses free across New York City, while we also make them fast. Want to do give one shout out though. There is one free bus in New York City today. Q70. You can take that in Queens. Great place to be. And we just opened up a little bit of a busway for the World cup for the Q70, so it's going to move a little quicker. (21:50–21:55)

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