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Zohran Mamdani: “We have a mayor who sought to collaborate with the Trump…”

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

Mamdani: 'What we need is an approach to leadership that understands partnership at the core of it'

Published September 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:09

What do you say? What do you say to try to change their mind? They should look at what we're getting right now. We have a mayor who sought to collaborate with the Trump administration. And what we have gotten is that same administration reaching into our city's bank accounts and taking out $80 million. That same administration detaining and deporting a six year old public school student from Jackson Heights. (03:09–03:14)

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“The Trump administration reaching into our city's bank accounts and taking out $80 million.”
Mamdani: 'What we need is an approach to leadership that understands partnership at the core of it' | Uploaded September 8, 2025 | 03:13-03:20
“The Trump administration detaining and deporting a six-year-old public school student from Jackson Heights.”
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“We've lost about 200,000 black New Yorkers in the last few decades.”
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“The top 1% of New York City earns a million dollars or more a year.”
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“We defeated [Andrew Cuomo] by 13 points with the most votes any primary winner has ever received in the history of the city.”
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“The federal government had actually engaged illegally in that deployment [in California].”
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“The Trump administration passing legislation that is going to cut SNAP from the hungry.”
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“The Trump administration passing legislation that will throw millions of New Yorkers off of their health insurance.”
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“We're going to create an office of Deed theft prevention.”
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“City hall has been at war with Albany, especially under Andrew Cuomo's leadership in the state.”
Mamdani: 'What we need is an approach to leadership that understands partnership at the core of it' | Uploaded September 8, 2025 | 07:50-07:59
“Donald Trump is using every single tool at his disposal to try and stop my candidacy.”
Mamdani: 'What we need is an approach to leadership that understands partnership at the core of it' | Uploaded September 8, 2025 | 15:25-15:33
“What we are seeing is that [voting rights] is under attack. And it is not incidentally under attack. It is intentionally and systematically…”
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