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What Rent Decision Covers More Than Two Million New Yorkers? · This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

#687 - Zohran Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani is the 112th Mayor of New York City. He was previously a housing advocate and member of the New York State Assembly.

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How Does Mamdani Introduce Who He Is? at 1:41

He says it starts and ends with being a New Yorker. Full answer
How Is New York's Snow Removal Budget Set? at 7:34

Snow removal is budgeted as an average of the recent year's cost. Full answer
What Knocked Middle-class Homeowners Off Their Payments? at 12:21

People with a union job and a home they owned could be thrown off their payments by one emergency: a medical visit they had not planned for, a family illness… Full answer
What Rent Decision Covers More Than Two Million New Yorkers? at 16:40

The Independent Rent Guidelines Board came out and said that for the next year and the year after that, there would be no rent increase for more than two… Full answer
Why Does Mamdani Say People Play the Lottery? at 22:52

He says that, in many ways, this is why a lot of people play the lottery. Full answer
How Will DoorDash Workers Get the Settlement Money? at 26:13

Sam and DCWP are not going to make those delivery workers jump through a hoop. Full answer
What Were Nurses Asking for on the Picket Line? at 36:47

On the picket line, the nurses were asking for safe staffing. Full answer
What Does Mamdani Say Nine Months in Office Delivered? at 40:26

In nine months they started universal childcare, and 2,000 families are now saving 20K they would otherwise have spent. Full answer
How Much Must a Family of Three Earn for Childcare? at 45:00

A study found that a family of three had to make $330,000 a year to afford childcare. Full answer
What Is the Plan for City-run Grocery Stores? at 54:09

They are trying to build five city-run grocery stores because grocery costs have gone up 30% since the pandemic. Full answer

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