Zohran Mamdani: “This is also the wealthiest city and the wealthiest country…”

“We should be proud of that legacy and to ensure that that prosperity reaches every New Yorker. Because, as you said, this is not just a symbol of global capital. This is also the wealthiest city and the wealthiest country in the history of the world. And yet it's the same city where one in four New Yorkers are living in poverty. And we have to make this such that New Yorkers know this isn't just a city where they work in. This also has to be a city where they can afford to live in.” (06:16–06:24)

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