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Andrew Cuomo: “It takes five years to build affordable housing. No, it…”

Featuring: Andrew Cuomo, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

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Published | Video Starts at 25:16

What is your plan to get new units built quickly? And the order of this will be Mr. Cuomo, then Mr. Sliwa, then Mr. Mamdani. Yeah. Sliwa said before, It takes five years to build affordable housing. No, it doesn't. No, it shouldn't. That's an incompetent government. You can actually get competent government and well managed government. I built LaGuardia Airport, even though he doesn't like it. In four years. (25:16–25:21)

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Asserts that it should not take five years to build affordable housing.

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