What Zohran Mamdani has said about New York City budget deficit
3 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 1, 2026
Zohran Mamdani, New York Democratic politician described by Pape as a left-wing parallel to Trump's rapid rise, has been quoted on New York City budget deficit 3 times in 1 episode of This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, most recently on October 1, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Mamdani says his administration found the city faced at least a $12 billion deficit, far above what the prior administration projected.
“And then we came in we looked through all the books and we found that at a best case scenario, we were at a $12 billion deficit”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #687 - Zohran Mamdani (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 5:13
Mamdani says the city's snow removal budget was based on recent averages, leaving little money after several mild winters.
“the way we budget for snow removal services is as an average of the recent year's cost of snow removal”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #687 - Zohran Mamdani (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 7:03
Mamdani says chief savings officers saved $94 million by renegotiating contracts without cutting services.
“So we saved $94 million just by renegotiating contracts to a better rate”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #687 - Zohran Mamdani (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 8:10
Episodes
#687 - Zohran MamdaniThis Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Oct 1, 2026 · 1 h 18 min
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tells Theo Von about city mismanagement, affordability, the DoorDash settlement, socialism, working with Trump, and Gaza.
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