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Zohran Mamdani: “We are failing to deliver excellence to students, to…”

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Published October 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:10:07

Look, one in 300Americans is a student in the New York City public school system. This is a system where We are failing to deliver excellence to students, to teachers, to parents [in the NYC public school system]. And it is time to have a mayor who understands not only the crisis in front of us, but the fact that we have to change our ways if we want to change our results. (1:10:07–1:10:15)

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“One in 300 Americans is a student in the New York City public school system.”
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“ICE is a reckless entity that cares little for the law and even less for the people that they're supposed to serve.”
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“Donald Trump ran on lowering the cost of living.”
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“My campaign is going to deliver 200,000 new affordable homes across the five boroughs.”
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“Landlords of those units had seen their profits increase by more than 12%.”
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“All of [the Rent Guidelines Board members] are appointed by the mayor.”
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“The median household income [in New York City] is 70,000 dollars for a family of four.”
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“I will be the mayor who doesn't just protect Jewish New Yorkers, but also celebrates and cherishes them.”
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“Ensure that the NYPD are outside of synagogues and temples on the high holy days.”
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“I will always celebrate the addition of additional housing units across the city.”
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“You sent seniors to their deaths in nursing homes.”
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“You cut funding for the MTA to send money to upstate ski resorts.”
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“Increase funding to hate crime prevention programs by 800%.”
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“The climate crisis is one of the most pressing crises facing this city.”
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“We have to ensure that we make it easier for condo and co op owners to follow these laws.”
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“I delivered [free buses] as a State assembly member who won the first free buses in New York city's history.”
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