Our Time is Now.

[Zohran Mamdani]
There is something special in this room tonight. Power. It's the power of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers united to fundamentally reimagine what is possible in New York City. Now, there are some who oppose that vision. Billionaires have poured millions of dollars into this race because they say that we pose an existential threat. And I am here to admit something:

They are right.

We are an existential threat to billionaires who think their money can buy our democracy. We are an existential threat to a broken status quo that buries the voices of working people beneath corporations. And we are an existential threat to a New York where a hard day's work isn't enough to earn you a good night's rest. And we are absolutely an existential threat to disgrace politicians like Andrew Cuomo who diminish public trust, harass women, and are unabashed in their desperation to collaborate with Donald Trump and his donors.

This is not a moment for capitulation. We are in a period of political darkness. Donald Trump and his ICE agents are snatching our immigrant neighbors from our city. In broad daylight, right before our ICE, his authoritarian administration is waging a scorched
earth campaign of retribution against any who dared oppose them, against the courts that dare hold them accountable, and against our trans and queer neighbors for simply daring to be themselves.

We believe in the wealthiest city, in the wealthiest nation, in the history of the world, that working people deserve a dignified life. We believe that buses should be fast and-!

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Free!

[Zohran Mamdani]
We believe that housing is far too expensive. We're going to build hundreds of thousands of affordable homes, take on bad landlords, and freeze the-!

[Crowd]
Rent!

[Zohran Mamdani]
And we believe that daycare shouldn't cost as much as a year's tuition at City College. That's why we're going to deliver universal

[Crowd]
Childcare!

[Zohran Mamdani]
These are not just slogans. These are commitments. We say them not simply to inspire, but because it is what we will deliver. Because for all those who say our time is coming - my friends, our time is now.