Zohran Mamdani: “We came into this administration inheriting a generational…”

“And do you think criticism against former Mayor Eric Adams was wrong, considering that your team is now making the same argument that his team made in court? Thank you. So We came into this administration inheriting a generational fiscal crisis the likes of which we hadn't seen since 2008. And frankly, this even dwarfed that, as when we came into office, we saw it was at least $12 billion.” (18:08–18:16)

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