Zohran Mamdani: “We had 19 New Yorkers lose their lives outside.”

“Especially as you look forward to next winter season. We mourn the loss of each and every New Yorker. And We had 19 New Yorkers lose their lives outside. And we found from the preliminary investigations that about 15 of them lost their lives from hypothermia, three from drug overdose and alcohol related deaths from, and then one from a cardiac event.” (01:31–01:35)

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