Zohran Mamdani: “We are allocating funding such that agencies can hire 50% of…”

“So I'll start with the second question. Then I'll go to the first. We are eliminating the two for one rule that agencies have been subject to for prior years. We are allocating funding such that agencies can hire 50% of the vacancies that have been long standing in city government. And this is actually a part of our commitment to ensure that we're delivering the best possible city government to New Yorkers.” (35:41–35:49)

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