Zohran Mamdani

We do have childcare at costs that are astronomical.

But the struggle for working people to afford day-to-day life, to afford dignity in the city they call home, that's not New York City specific.

And what I would say is wherever anyone is, to ask the people around them, what is the example of that struggle in your life?

And what are the tools?

And then for you as the candidate, think about what are the tools that government has

to intervene in that, to actually provide relief to that.

Because so often politics feels like an exercise in language and ideas that you need to have been at the last meeting to understand this meeting.

And you actually need to meet people wherever they are and not explain to them why they should listen to you, but to actually have a vision that is intuitive for the struggles that they are living through.

You are very welcome.

It's a pleasure to be here.

You know, I think it's always something to celebrate. The more that politics becomes about the people that have so often been forgotten, the better that we all are for it. And I think what we've seen is that cost of living as a crisis is not something that's just unique to New Yorkers, though we do live in the most expensive city in America. It's something that people are feeling across the country. And I think the question of housing, of groceries, of utilities, of childcare, of even public transit, it's something that people are looking desperately for an answer to. And that's what we're focused on.

Arvostin, kun presidentti antoi minulle katsoa kabinettiruudesta ja osoittaa FDRin kuvauksen. Kysyin, voisimmeko ottaa kuvan ja kertoa, että tämä oli politiikan järjestelmä, jonka halusin rakentaa New Yorkissa. Ja että suomalaisen mayorin historia on Fiorella LaGuardia.

You can't tell the story of LaGuardia without the story of FDR and the story of the New Deals. It is a story of a federal government and a municipal government working together to deliver on an affordability crisis that was threatening to push people out of their homes. I see that very much as the lineage of politics that we're looking to belong to.

Well, the key part is that we have about 8.5 million people who live in New York City. About 2.5 million of those live in what are called rent-stabilized units. And the city sets their rent increase or lack thereof every year through a board called the Rent Guidelines Board. It has nine members. Each one of them has been appointed by the mayor. And so today we had a hot chocolate rent freeze event where we were telling people that while the temperature is dropping here in New York City, one thing that's been rising over the last four years have been rents.

ja että nykyinen maailmanhoidon hallitukset ovat saaneet näitä rahoja yli 12 prosenttia. Meidän täytyy rauhoittaa näitä rahoja, ja me teemme sitä, koska niiden taloudellisen talouden suurin osa on 60 000 euroa vuodessa. Maailmanhoidon tuotantot ovat 12 prosenttia. Siinä on tilaa tuoda uudelleen. Nyt on aika tehdä poliitikasta liittyvää työtä työlähtöisille ihmisille. Tämä on yksi tärkeä paikka tehdä sitä.

Rent hike or rent freeze is made every single year on an annual basis. The next opportunity will be next year at the Rent Guidelines Board to make that case. I'm confident of our ability to do so. What New Yorkers will actually be looking forward to is predicting that their rent the year after is the same as their rent this year.

Rentsit ovat jo niin kalliita, mutta se, mikä lisää niin paljon Yhdysvalloista, on se, että he eivät edes tiedä, millainen rentti on, ja onko he voineet pysyä paikallaan, jota he kutsuvat kotiin.

että oli vaihtoehto, joka ei ollut järjestetty yksityiskohtaisesti, koska ymmärrettävästi moni ajatteli, että järjestäminen olisi järjestetty yksityiskohtaisesti järjestäminen järjestäminen järjestäminen järjestäminen järjestäminen järjestäminen järjestäminen järjestäminen järjestäminen

I'm proud to say we've raised more than two and a half million dollars from more than 29,000 donors with an average donation of less than a hundred bucks. And that's in stark contrast to previous mayoral administrations whose average donations would be something along the lines of a thousand dollars or two thousand dollars. And it's kind of like you said, so many donations coming from very few people. And we're looking at a very different approach to this. I think the key here is you want to build a city government

that is accountable to the people, that is delivering for the people. And like you said, we've already had 70,000 people apply to be a part of that city government. It's an incredible thing to see.