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Zohran Mamdani: “We cannot understand this moment of authoritarianism as…”

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Roosevelt Island Press Conference By NYC Democratic Party Nominee Zohran Mamdani At Southpoint Park

Published September 22, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:07

We cannot be free if we are subservient to those who abuse power for their own ends. We cannot understand this moment of authoritarianism as solely coming from the White House when it is also a moment that is characterized by the cowardice of those in response to it. The cowardice that we have seen typified, whether by the parent company of ABC or by so called leaders like Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams. (04:07–04:19)

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Asserts that authoritarianism is not only from the White House but also from others' cowardice.

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“That is nearly the same number of vacant supportive housing units within this same city.”
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“We are seeing one Palestinian child having been killed every hour for more than a year.”
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“FDR delivered the For Freedom speech in January of 1941, a moment similar to now, when tyranny was spreading across the globe.”
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“All of our freedoms are currently under attack from this federal administration.”
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“The First Amendment is no longer a right that can be counted on, but rather that it is government which will determine what should and…”
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“I am withdrawing from an ABC town hall that was scheduled to take place this Thursday.”
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“Donald Trump's actions are the ones which determine whether or not we can enjoy that which we have taken for granted for so many years.”
Roosevelt Island Press Conference By NYC Democratic Party Nominee Zohran Mamdani At Southpoint Park | Uploaded September 22, 2025 | 03:32-03:41
“The cowardice that we have seen typified, whether by the parent company of ABC or by so-called leaders like Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams.”
Roosevelt Island Press Conference By NYC Democratic Party Nominee Zohran Mamdani At Southpoint Park | Uploaded September 22, 2025 | 04:18-04:30
“Andrew Cuomo... cut funding for the advantage of program, a program that was critical at tackling homelessness.”
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“The government's job is to deliver a dignified life, to make our city safe, to make them affordable, to make sure that this is a place where…”
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“I am running to be the next mayor of this city to live up to that responsibility and to finally make clear what it looks like to stand up…”
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“I have never supported the legalization of prostitution.”
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“I support the previous administration's approach to this, the policy that they pursued on this.”
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“We have a focus of using every tool at our disposal to... freeze the rent for more than 2 million New Yorkers.”
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“A Republican president whose FCC is seeking to intimidate the media and looking to use their regulatory powers as the means of doing so.”
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“A Palestinian New Yorker... told me that 85 members of her family had been killed by the Israeli military in Palestine.”
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“Mahmoud Khalil... facing a judgment from an immigration judge that is calling for his deportation either to Algeria or Syria.”
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“We look at a historic 52,000 person strong volunteer team and say that we need to actually increase the numbers of our volunteers.”
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“We're confident we will reach 90,000 volunteers by election Day.”
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“We will knock on an additional one and a half million doors.”
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