"I'm here because the government sucks, to be honest with you and I feel like we should make a change as a country, and New York City is definitely the place to start that."
"It's exciting that someone who actually might change things is appearing in an area that I'm in, he said. If it's here, it's like, why not? If we're not gonna be involved now, then when is the time?"
"I think it's exciting to be a part of this energy. We even went out to vote earlier today because we were getting in the mindset to be psyched for everything that he's for."
Just over a week before the 4 November mayoral election, about 13,000 people gathered at Forest Hills stadium in Queens for the NYC Is Not For Sale rally. The event was headlined by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani and filled the open-air venue. Attendees represented a cross-section of the city with a visibly energized Gen Z presence. Many participants cited frustration with government and a desire for change as motivations. Several attendees reported that the rally energized them to vote. The atmosphere combined unity, frustration and optimism ahead of the final campaign days.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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