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Sanders and Mamdani energize supporters at town hall as NYC mayor’s race enters final stretch

Senator Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani promote progressive policies including rent freezes and higher minimum wages funded by taxing the wealthy to fight NYC's wealth inequality.

  • Democratic Socialists Senator Bernie Sanders and New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani are collaborating to address issues like wealth inequality in New York City.
  • Mamdani's campaign includes proposals for rent freezes and raising the minimum wage, which he plans to fund by increasing taxes on corporations and the wealthiest 1%.
  • Mamdani criticized the City University of New York for terminating faculty members over pro-Palestine advocacy and stated, "No faculty member should be disciplined for supporting Palestinian human rights."
  • Sanders claimed that the NYC mayor's race is a test case for democracy, stating, "What are the oligarchs afraid of?" and expressing support for Mamdani as a potential model for change across the country.
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With a message of struggle against inequalities, openness to immigration, social and civil rights, Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders met on Saturday evening on the stage of Brooklyn College in New York City. The event, attended by 1700 people, was organized in support of the campaign as mayor of Mamdani, who won the democratic primary with a progressive program and is facing particularly violent attacks by moderate and conservative democrats. In…

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The 83-year-old progressive senator stopped in New York City on Saturday, September 6, as part of his Fight Oligarchy Tour, to support the 33-year-old municipal candidate, who has become a real political sensation since his victory at the Democratic Primarys. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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