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Zohran Mamdani's Vision for an Affordable New York City: Mayoral Campaign Interview

Published July 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:06

My name is Zahran Amdani and this is the Dinner Party interview. I am running to be the next mayor of this city because This is the most expensive city in the United States of America and it's also the wealthiest one in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. And yet one in four New Yorkers are living in poverty. I'm running to make the city affordable. My first apartment that I rented is the one that I am living in right now. (00:06–00:13)

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Asserts that [New York City] is the most expensive city in the U.S. and the wealthiest in the wealthiest country.

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