Zohran Mamdani: “We're moving much faster than typical because we want…”

“And so we ensured that the first day after the election, we announced our four incredible co chairs of our transition, our executive director, and then the week after that, the first deputy mayor, the chief of staff. We're moving much faster than typical because we want January 1st to be a day where we start to deliver, not start to prepare. And I appreciate President Obama's emphasis of what it looks like to prepare in advance so that you can deliver. All right, Mayor Elect Zoran Mamdani, thank you so much for being here.” (16:49–16:56)

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