SNEAKO - June 26, 2025


NYC Responds To Zohran Mamdani


Episode Stats

Length

3 minutes

Words per Minute

214.8185

Word Count

720

Sentence Count

81

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

Zoran Mamdani has been elected New York City's next mayor! We talk about his campaign, his platform, and what we would like to see him do as mayor of NYC. We also talk about what we want to see from the new mayor and what he should do to improve the city.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 What do you think about Zoran Mamdani becoming the mayor, potentially?
00:00:02.920 I'm really, really happy about that.
00:00:04.880 I love it.
00:00:05.420 My dad likes him. My dad pops with him.
00:00:07.220 My whole family pops with him.
00:00:08.680 I think it's a good thing for the city.
00:00:10.100 People are like celebrating in some way.
00:00:12.100 I'm quite interested to see how he's going to develop.
00:00:16.100 Hope he does some good things.
00:00:17.300 First Muslim mayor. It's great.
00:00:19.600 That's good. That's great.
00:00:20.980 That's something interesting.
00:00:22.140 I don't think it matters whether or not he's Muslim or not.
00:00:24.520 It matters whether he's on righteousness and justice.
00:00:28.400 He's the best candidate out of all of them, obviously.
00:00:30.400 He's the best out of all of them.
00:00:31.820 Thank God Cuomo is not in it.
00:00:34.280 I didn't like Cuomo at all.
00:00:35.580 What's the other guy's name? Our current mayor?
00:00:38.080 Eric Adams.
00:00:39.200 I love Eric Adams, by the way. Great guy, great guy.
00:00:41.780 What was your main issue that you agree on with Zoran Mamdani?
00:00:44.120 I think the way he presents himself, if I'm being honest with you,
00:00:47.000 the way he speaks, I think in just general,
00:00:49.220 the actual campaigning that they did, the whole advertising, was really well on.
00:00:53.100 A lot of this stuff just comes down to really practical, like you said, affordability stuff.
00:00:58.180 I do like some of the things related to the housing.
00:01:01.360 You walk up to people on 8th Avenue in Brooklyn, for instance,
00:01:05.320 and you're like, hey, what do you think about free buses?
00:01:06.820 They're like, yeah, that's a great idea.
00:01:07.780 He said he wanted to make the buses free.
00:01:09.640 He said that he wants to just make state supermarkets.
00:01:12.320 Some of the socialist stuff I do like.
00:01:14.520 Well, I like that he's not owned.
00:01:16.360 Like when I saw him in the debate stage, he was like, I'm not going to Israel.
00:01:19.540 I was like, okay, that's cool.
00:01:20.360 It's so ridiculous to have people all on the debate stage talking about random countries.
00:01:24.840 So, I think that's a good aspect he has.
00:01:26.600 Even though I don't agree with most of what he believes, I don't think, I like that he's not owned.
00:01:30.020 Politics gets so polarized right now because everyone acts as if you have to agree with the entire party line.
00:01:36.420 I don't.
00:01:36.860 I mean, I support Zoran.
00:01:38.020 I'm not a socialist.
00:01:39.020 So, what's one thing that you want to see from Zoran?
00:01:42.020 Like, I guess, him jumping in gray sweatpants.
00:01:46.660 So, what do you want to see from Mamdani?
00:01:48.860 Change.
00:01:50.300 Better jobs.
00:01:52.100 Make New York affordable.
00:01:55.100 Lower prices.
00:01:56.100 That would be good.
00:01:57.100 Especially with housing.
00:01:58.100 So, that's what everyone wants.
00:02:00.100 Free stuff.
00:02:01.100 I mean, just, it's out of control.
00:02:04.100 It's getting really expensive here.
00:02:06.100 So, yeah, we really want to see the red thing down.
00:02:10.100 Taxis is crazy right now.
00:02:11.100 Lower the taxes.
00:02:12.100 Just make it safer for us.
00:02:13.100 Yeah, just take care of the city.
00:02:15.100 Be cleaner, nicer, no delays in the stubways, and no crimes.
00:02:20.100 Every single politician promises the same thing, right?
00:02:22.100 Everyone's like, oh, New York's going to get better.
00:02:24.100 We're going to clean up the city.
00:02:26.100 We're going to make, taxes are going to get lowered.
00:02:28.100 You know, all these things.
00:02:29.100 And it's like, I want to see anything tangible this time, you know?
00:02:32.100 I want to see an actual political leader with an actual change.
00:02:35.100 The new mayor is watching this right now.
00:02:37.100 What's one thing you want for New York?
00:02:38.100 No.
00:02:39.100 No.
00:02:40.100 Just guns.
00:02:41.100 Give up our guns.
00:02:42.100 If you could tell him one thing, what would you tell him?
00:02:45.100 Be different, honestly.
00:02:47.100 That's what we need here.
00:02:48.100 That's what New York City has developed, is being different.
00:02:51.100 Doing the same repetitive thing is not going to help.
00:02:53.100 I just hope that he moves with it.
00:02:55.100 He sticks to the principles that got him there in the first place.
00:02:58.100 I hope that he includes everyone and helps everyone.
00:03:00.100 I hope you can turn shit around here in the city.
00:03:03.100 Mostly for people like us, you know, minorities and whatnot.
00:03:08.100 Include white people in your, you know, the list of people that you care about.
00:03:14.100 Just be fair and honestly.
00:03:15.100 I just want to say congratulations to you.
00:03:17.100 And I know you work hard on getting that position.
00:03:19.100 And I just hope you do the right thing.