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Zohran Mamdani: “We can fund this entire economic agenda and start to Trump…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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1-on-1 interview with NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani fresh off election victory | News 12

Published | Video Starts at 03:29

So what's the plan to fund and deliver your promises that went over so well with voters, like universal childcare, free buses, and all the rest? So these are things that I look forward to working with Albany on. And I believe that We can fund this entire economic agenda and start to Trump proof our city by raising two principal taxes. The first is personal income tax on the top 1% of New Yorkers, New Yorkers who make more than a million dollars a year or more, raising their income taxes … (03:29–03:36)

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Asserts that the economic agenda can be funded by raising two principal taxes.

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