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Adrienne Adams: “We will build upwards of 80,000 new affordable units for the…”

Featuring: Adrienne Adams, Democratic | Speaker of the New York City Council, Former Candidate, New York State Senate

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Published June 14, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:25

I have already championed over 120,000 new units of housing as speaker of the City Council. I've also championed city of this slash city for all, where We will build upwards of 80,000 new affordable units for the people of the city of New York, across all five boroughs. So it's not a policy that I'm looking to implement. It's work that I'm already doing. And as you know, so many New Yorkers are moving out of town. (01:25–01:39)

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Asserts a plan to build upwards of 80,000 new affordable housing units across New York City's five boroughs.

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