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Brandon Tatum questions COPA's sale timeline after Mamdani heckling

His fast-starting Short pairs a street confrontation with the mayor's explanation of how qualified entities can make offers on eligible buildings.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 432,540 views a day, 9.6 times a normal first day on this channel (45,118).

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Brandon Tatum stops 's speech at the purchase timetable. For the commentator, the time allowed for a prospective buyer to express interest and submit an offer is the central objection: he argues it leaves property owners waiting before they can sell.

The Short opens with someone heckling New York City's mayor as he walks toward a car, then switches to footage of Mamdani explaining COPA. Mamdani says qualified entities would have 20 days to notify an owner and the city's housing department of their intent to purchase, followed by another 70 days to make an offer on an eligible building.

Tatum characterizes that process as a 90-day stall on property sales. The clip later returns to Mamdani explaining what happens when offers are rejected and why the rules target multifamily buildings. Although the upload's title declares the housing plan a failure, the footage centers on its purchase rules and Tatum's objections, not demonstrated housing outcomes.

The upload drew roughly 265,000 views in ten hours, already several times the channel's usual full-day audience for a Short. Comments also exceeded a normal first day's total, with property owners' freedom to choose buyers and the government's role in building sales recurring as subjects.

Tatum also posted a separate Mamdani commentary that day, making New York housing policy a subject of both short and longer-form uploads.

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The facts
Subscribers
3,870,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
12,839,004
Channel views, pace per day
1,065,976 (on a normal day: 1,664,602)
Video published
November 12, 2026
Video views so far
265,385 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
432,540

The numbers

The Mamdani Short had already passed the channel's usual first-day views and comments well before a full day was over.

the video's first day
usual first day here
45,118
this video
432,540
subscribers
3,870,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
total views
2,294,351,558
views per day
1,065,976
typical day: 1,664,602
the video
views
265,385
likes
18,247
comments
3,294
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Megyn Kelly
4,190,000
David Pakman
3,700,000
Matt Walsh
3,470,000
As of November 13, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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