NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says Iran war is worsening a cost-of-living crisis

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the U.S. war with Iran, saying it has inflated costs in New York City that were already high.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the U.S. war with Iran on Wednesday, saying it has inflated costs in New York City that were already high.

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“While this war has exacerbated a cost-of-living crisis, that is a crisis that existed from even before the time I was running for mayor, and it’s reflected in the fact that we are the most expensive city in the United States of America,” the mayor told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” in an interview clip released Thursday.

The ongoing military operation against Iran should “not just be opposed on political grounds, on moral grounds, but even just on economic grounds,” Mamdani said, pointing to the billions of dollars already spent on the war that he said could be spent on “working-class Americans across this country” instead.