Andrew Cuomo: “He put out a budget, claimed he had a terrible deficit…”

“Freeze the rent. Well, no rent has been frozen. The only possibility would be for rent stabilized units and that's about 20% of the housing stock. That hasn't been done either. He put out a budget, claimed he had a terrible deficit. Turned out that the numbers were wrong. He made a list of demands on state government because the mayor needs authority from the state to do most anything.” (01:44–01:52)

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