Zohran Mamdani: “Wage theft is one of the largest, most pervasive crimes in…”

“And it's this difference of will that we see even in what we treat as the violation of the law. Wage theft is one of the largest, most pervasive crimes in New York City, and yet we don't treat it with the seriousness of other crimes. And yet it has the potential to debilitate a working person's life. And that's what excites me so much, is that just as much as we have new ideas and …” (16:40–16:49)

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