The proposals that Mondawi puts forward will accomplish nothing or they will be a negative. Government run grocery stores is frankly a dumb idea. They tried it in Kansas City, it didn't work. Free buses for rich people and poor people. Why should I pay your bus for there? $700 million cost to the MTA more than we just raised from congestion pricing. Affordable housing, freeze the rent on 25% like de Blasio and it failed. No. So that's the conversation we have to have. I mean, that's a message for voters and you just shared it with my viewers. (24:36–24:53)
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Asserts that free buses would cost the MTA $700 million, more than raised from congestion pricing.
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