Zohran Mamdani: “We have lost 19% of our city's population of black children…”

“As the old saying goes, when America catches a cold, black America gets pneumonia. Over the past two decades, rising costs have pushed 200,000 black New Yorkers out of our city. It has meant that We have lost 19% of our city's population of black children and teenagers over the course of just 10 years. And as City hall works to enact an affordability agenda that lifts financial burdens off the backs of every New Yorker as we deliver universal childcare, city run grocery stores …” (30:02–30:09)

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