i wish the guests would offer more solutions or precedents to take influence from to enact zohran’s platform, even if just in iteration or variation. do you just want more new yorkers to become poor and let the rich get richer? we’re seeing plenty of energy and thought put into dismantling systems and upholding what turns generous profit over providing what people need. come on ben! z’s platform resonates because many people are struggling and the status quo pushes back because they resist change.

Longtime New York journalists and policy analysts Nicole Gelinas and Josh Greenman joined the show to discuss some of the big questions about mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani's big promises, namely his top policy pledges of freezing the rent on rent-stabilized apartments, free buses, and universal child care, as well as increased taxes to pay for his agenda, and more, like a $30 minimum wage and a Department of Community Safety. Gelinas is a Manhattan Institute senior fellow and contributing opinion writer at the New York Times and Greenman is managing editor at Vital City. (EP 542)

Big Questions About Zohran Mamdani's Big Promises, with Nicole Gelinas & Josh Greenman

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