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Zohran Mamdani: “We had just come off of winning the fight against Amazon's…”

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

New York City Mayoral Campaign Speech by DSA Member

Published November 20, 2024 | Video Starts at 04:52

And what that means in English is that I became one of the leaders of our branch for local elections. And there were a number of us and our. We had just come off of winning the fight against Amazon's attempt to build a headquarters in Western Queens. Queensland, many filling a church just like this one all those years ago in Astoria. (04:52–05:08)

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Asserts that DSA successfully opposed Amazon's plan to build a headquarters in Western Queens.

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