Zohran Mamdani: “We recently had the 400th anniversary of New York City. Most…”

“Because for too long, we have had these kinds of opportunities that we've just passed up on. I mean, We recently had the 400th anniversary of New York City. Most people have no idea because the city didn't do anything about [it]. You know, President Trump's going to make a huge deal out of the 250th anniversary of New York City. So maybe there's an example there.” (18:44–18:51)

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