Transcript: Mayor Mamdani Appears on Hot 97 Mornings With Mero (97.1 FM)
Zohran Mamdani on NYC Mayor's Office transcripts.
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I feel like I'm living on cloud nine, there's no other way to talk about it.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceI mean, [if] you put it together, it's 75 years of waiting. Twenty-two years for Arsenal, 53 years for the Knicks. And now, I mean grown men are crying in the streets, as they should be. The people have been waiting for this for so long.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceI think, you know, it feels like a moment where New Yorkers, they don't just want to be at home alone watching this on their own. They want to be out in the city that they love. And that's the thing that I, you can't really say thank you enough to this team because when Landry Shamet hits a three, you're not just hugging the person next to you whose name you know, you're hugging anybody around you. That's what this team has given this city.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceOh, thank you. I mean, we want to bring the game to everybody. And I think, you saw New Yorkers who were watching this at bars, you saw the New Yorkers who were watching this projected onto a wall. You saw New Yorkers opening up their trunk and putting up a 30-inch TV and people crowding around. People are going to watch wherever they can. And we wanted to make sure that we have these kiosks around the city. We put more than 100 of them, put the game on, and want to make it easy for people.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceLook, [the] parade's on Thursday. Parade is starting at 10 a.m. I'm encouraging everyone to get there as early as they can. You know, I've seen suggestions of at least two hours before because I think, we all know, that this could end up being the largest parade in New York City history. And in terms of guest lists and marshals and everything like that, I'm not going to make any commitments on air because everybody is calling and texting for these same tickets.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceShout out the GTA. What a man. You know, I had the privilege of standing with him on a float at the Knickerbocker Parade yesterday, and I mean he is this city. He grew up in the city. He loves this city. He reps this city. And even that spin move, you know, in the Finals, it is this City.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceWe were on the float, and these guys tried to get my attention and I'm waving, they're like: “No, no. Jose, Jose.” And I tap him on the shoulder, and he makes eye contact with somebody in the crowd and they're trying to offer him Henny and he's like: “I'm good.”
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceSo, you know, we had our first game that we hosted in New York-New Jersey, with Brazil-Morocco on Saturday, which was a 1-1 draw. And then we are going to have our second game tomorrow, which is Senegal-France, and it is — obviously many are very, very excited about the game, especially if you're at 125th Street. I know the Senegalese community has been waiting for this for a long time. And what we're encouraging everybody to do is that if they haven't yet got their tickets of how they're going to get to the game, we encourage everyone to not only use mass transit, but also, specifically, New Jersey Transit is one of the quickest ways to get there and back. The difference with this game is it's going to be earlier in the afternoon. So, you will really feel the gridlock in the way back because of traffic.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceThe signal's breaking up, I'm not sure. I can't really hear you. The championship too loud.
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