Mamdani: ‘New Yorkers Deserve to Have Cheaper Tickets’ so They Can ‘See the Magic of the World Cup’

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MAMDANI: “Today, we were so excited to announce that we were going to be delivering a thousand $50 tickets to the World Cup just for New Yorkers. Now, last year when I was running for this position, I spoke about how New Yorkers deserve to have cheaper tickets to actually make sure that they could go and see the magic of the World Cup, not just have to feel it in the city that they know as their home. Today, we announced that, thanks to a partnership with the New York New Jersey Host Committee, we’re doing exactly that. These thousand tickets are going to be sold $50 a pop to New York City residents. All you have to be is older than 15 years old and live in our city. I’m sorry to Philly sports fans, that does not apply to you.”