Zohran Mamdani: “We were able to overcome that and raise 4 billion DOL taxes.”

“And we said we would do so overcoming his objections by taxing billionaires and corporations, his donors. And despite him pushing back, We were able to overcome that and raise 4 billion DOL taxes. So I have that experience of winning that in Albany. And what I've seen is year after year, when the assembly and the Senate put out their vision for a budget, it includes regularly increasing taxes on those profitable corporations and the wealthiest.” (07:53–07:57)

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