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Zohran Mamdani: “This mayor has raised the rent by 9% and counting.”

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

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Interview with Zohran Mamdani on New York City Mayoral Run and Political Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 09:40

One of them is the mayor sets the rent for about 2 1/2 million new Yorkers who live in rent stabilized units. These are units that used to be the bedrock of economic security. And yet This mayor has raised the rent by 9% and counting. We haven't seen those kinds of increases since a Republican was running City Hall. The second thing is New York City and Boston are the two of the only cities … (09:40–09:44)

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Claims the current mayor has increased rent by 9% for rent-stabilized units.

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