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“We will prove that there is no problem too large for the government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about,” New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said during his victory speech on Tuesday night. “Together, New York, we’re going to freeze the rent together, New York, we’re going to make buses fast and free together, New York, we’re going to deliver universal childcare,” Mamdani also said at his victory speech Tuesday night.