Zohran Mamdani: “This builds on $20 million that have already been invested…”

“Hello. How's it going to announce that City hall is going to be investing $108 million to, to replace and modernize older and outdated catch basins across our city. Now, This builds on $20 million that have already been invested for 40 new catch basin cleaning trucks. Because what we're speaking about in actuality is deeply replacing more than 6,700 catch basins over the next decade, starting in Queens and then moving to Brooklyn, Staten island as well as the Bronx.” (02:49–02:56)

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