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On the recordJuly 2, 2025
For too long, politicians have pretended that we’re spectators to that crisis of affordability. We’re actually actors, and we have the choice to exacerbate it, like Mayor Adams has done, or to respond to it and resolve it, like I’m doing.
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Zohran Mamdani
Democratic · New York

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Mamdani criticizes current politicians for inaction on affordability issues.

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