So you see some waste in the budget, and you weren't specific on that, but you pivoted to taxes. So I'll ask you, will you commit right now that you won't raise taxes on New Yorkers? Yeah, We can't raise taxes, Bill. We can't. They have been raised to a level where we're not competitive. post Covid, people have mobility. You are now competing geographically in a way you never did before. As I said, I was the HUD secretary. I worked with cities all across the nation. (04:37–04:47)
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