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Zohran Mamdani: “We had a deferred payment that was spread out over about 22…”

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

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Socialism, Politics & NYC | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 26:05

Yeah, but, but to your, to your actual question, I think one of the key things is you have to ask yourself, is this arbitrary or does this have a rationale? Okay. We had a deferred payment that was spread out over about 22 years or so. And every year the cost to the city was increasing. And then it was going to just fall off a cliff. (26:05–26:11)

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