Zohran Mamdani: “Those services... increase employment by 50%, they reduce…”

“It costs $4,000 to have someone in Fountain House for a year. That's the cost of being on Rikers for three days. And what we see, however, is that Those services... increase employment by 50%, they reduce hospitalization by up to 45%. and they actually reduce the cost of health care as well for those same New Yorkers. This is what we're looking at. This is why we say that Rikers is broken.” (12:57–13:03)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.