Zohran Mamdani: “What this program has done is commit funding to the very…”

“For a long time, we have asked the MTA to do the impossible without providing them with the funding that would Even make it something they could consider. And What this program has done is commit funding to the very capital needs that have been put off for years, if not decades. And that is funding. Those are investments that can transform the day to day realities of a New Yorker.” (13:01–13:09)

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