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Andrew Cuomo: “Now it takes four years to get a building permit in New York…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 33:45

You know what land you have in the city, you know what land you can acquire. Part of it is financing and the part of it is administration. Right. Now it takes four years to get a building permit in New York City. I built LaGuardia Airport in four years. I mean, thank God I didn't need a permit or if I did, I didn't know, so I just did it. (33:45–33:50)

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Asserts that it currently takes four years to get a building permit in New York City.

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