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Zohran Mamdani: “We're seeing an exodus of working people, and it's because…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Zohran Mamdani on his NYC mayoral campaign

Published | Video Starts at 07:22

And I think for all of the concern about the potential of what we could stand to lose in the future, we're losing sight of the fact of who we're losing today, you know, We're seeing an exodus of working people, and it's because we're pricing them out. So when you're growing up, your dad. Says, what would you like to be? Sell hot dogs? Sanitation worker or a police officer? You choose a sanitation worker. Why? (07:22–07:27)

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Asserts that working people are leaving the city due to high costs.

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