Zohran Mamdani: “We put forward a proposal to save about $1.7 billion by…”

“Part of the reason that we are even here in the moment where we could be balancing this budget in just a few weeks, as we continue this budget negotiation until the adopted budget, is because We put forward a proposal to save about $1.7 billion by finding inefficiencies, any examples of fraud or waste, through our chief savings officers. And so the council and the administration share a commitment to finding those savings. However, what we are also clear about is the fact that there is no amount of …” (21:54–22:04)

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