Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani: Hello New York City, and welcome back to the Morning Pitch. You give us five minutes; we’ll give you the World Cup. This afternoon, for the eighth and final time this World Cup, a whistle will blow just across the Hudson and 22 men will chase a football around the pitch..
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani: Hello New York City, and welcome back to the Morning Pitch. You give us five minutes; we’ll give you the World Cup. This afternoon, for the eighth and final time this World Cup, a whistle will blow just across the Hudson and 22 men will chase a football around the pitch..
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