Weekends: Why Is NYC Letting Taxi Drivers Starve? w/ Zohran Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani, New York State Assembly Member for District 36, discusses why he and New York cab drivers are undertaking a hunger strike, and how the city’s inaction around the taxi medallion crisis has forced working-class cab drivers into hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. Plus, Matt Bruenig joins to discuss the never-ending string of design flaws in the Democrats’ childcare proposals.Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from October 30, 2021, with Paul Prescod filling in for Nando.Verso book club: (https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub)https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub (https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub)Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: (https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT)https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT (https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT)Music provided by Zonkey: (https://linktr.ee/zonkey)https://linktr.ee/zonkey (https://linktr.ee/zonkey)Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag)https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag (https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag)