Zohran Mamdani: “We were able to bring that 12 billion down to $5.4 billion.”

“And frankly, this even dwarfed that, as when we came into office, we saw it was at least $12 billion. Now, thanks to the hard work, both within city government, also in partnership with the state, We were able to bring that 12 billion down to $5.4 billion. Now we are talking about a program that at its current level, is growing at about 4 to 5% per month.” (18:26–18:31)

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