"suggesting new ways for Mamdani to fit all kinds of people into New York should he be elected mayor on November 4. "We talk about housing and all those different things. Do we just need more land?" Stewart asked Mamdani. Then, before the candidate could answer, Stewart leaned forward and suggested, "There's this park that I've been to ... in the middle of the city." Mamdani, ever composed, impersonated Trump in response: "What an incredible opportunity.""
"I know they do this sometimes in the Middle East - they just build islands out of nothing." He's likely referring to the UAE's Palm and World Islands, which are man-made archipelagos. "Can't we connect lower Manhattan to the Statue of Liberty and then just throw up a couple of high-rises?" Stewart asked. This time, Mamdani was onboard. "I just wanna take this moment," he riffed. "That is the policy idea I came here tonight to announce.""
Jon Stewart proposed extravagant ideas to expand New York's housing, including creating new land and man-made islands, and connecting lower Manhattan to the Statue of the Liberty. Zohran Mamdani offered more feasible plans for affordable housing but responded playfully to Stewart's larger-than-life proposals, even impersonating Donald Trump. Stewart continued to pitch the island idea and high-rises, prompting Mamdani to jokingly declare it his policy announcement. Stewart acknowledged Mamdani's historic candidacy as a Muslim, a young progressive and democratic socialist representing underrepresented communities, and expressed the high expectations facing him.
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