Mamdani promotes NYC where 'every family can afford a home,' rips ICE's 'cruelty' amid budget blowback

"When New Yorkers link arms with someone they have never met before and marched for the voiceless and the downtrodden, hope is alive. When New Yorkers sacrifice their precious free time in a city where every child can have the education that they deserve, where every family can afford a home in the stability that it holds, where our criminal justice system is fair and our economy is just, when New Yorkers link arms in the fight for those things, hope is alive,"

"Hope is the light. And we know this, that while Reverend Jackson may not be with us any longer, his purpose has not dimmed, his clarity has not faded. As we work every day towards a New York that delivers dignity for all, towards a nation that rejects ICE's cruelty and violence, towards the stranger among us, and towards a society where compassion is not a rarity, where solidarity is not abstract, let the reverend's words be our guide, he added."

Zohran Mamdani promoted a vision of a New York where every family can afford a home, children receive deserved education, criminal justice is fair, and the economy is just. He paid tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson at a National Action Network event and invoked Jackson’s emphasis on hope, dignity, compassion, and solidarity. Mamdani urged Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers to raise income taxes on the ultra-wealthy and profitable corporations to close the city budget gap. He warned that failure to act could force a potential 9.5% property tax increase affecting about 3 million homes and criticized ICE’s cruelty and violence.

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