Zohran Mamdani: “We need to freeze the rent, to make buses fast and free, to…”

“And what we know is that it's housing, it's childcare, it's general cost of living. And so often when I speak about our campaign to make the city more affordable, to, you know, We need to freeze the rent, to make buses fast and free, to deliver universal childcare. sometimes it's framed oppositional to that of, let's say, business interests. But oftentimes when I speak to business owners, one of their primary concerns is how to retain their employees in a city that's so expensive.” (03:41–03:55)

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