Zohran Mamdani: “We have a number of different departments that are tasked…”

“We've spoken about the mental health crisis. We've spoken about homelessness. Part of this is also tackling the silos that have existed within city government. Where We have a number of different departments that are tasked with doing very similar things, but they're operating in isolation. So even when we are thinking about the incredible work that is being done on tackling gun violence, the importance of actually cohering the crisis management system, for example, within a larger framework that is tackling these kinds of issues, that's going to be critical.” (55:00–55:06)

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