Zohran Mamdani: “When Governor Cuomo was the governor, that relief was. It…”

“I was saying it's the executive's will oftentimes, you know, in the end of 2021, we had passed significant amount of rent relief that was to be distributed. And When Governor Cuomo was the governor, that relief was. It was stuck. It was not moving. And one of the most impressive things that Governor Hochul has done is how quickly she transformed that program that, you know, moving at the speed of molasses into one that was actually releasing the funds.” (03:25–03:33)

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