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Zohran Mamdani: “We've lost 200,000 black New Yorkers from New York City over…”

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

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The Root's Exclusive Interview With NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani

Published | Video Starts at 06:43

And black New Yorkers have borne the brunt of this crisis. For all of the conversation around fear of capital flight, there's a real flight that has happened. We've lost 200,000 black New Yorkers from New York City over the last few decades alone. The population of black children and teenagers down by 19% from 2010 to 2019. And that is a hollowing out of this city. (06:43–06:49)

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Asserts that New York City has lost 200,000 black residents over the last few decades.

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