You got a tax system where a nurse or a truck driver may pay an effective tax rate higher than a billionaire. That's absurd. That's got to be changed. So We led the effort in breaking our dependence on the property tax because it is a regressive tax. There are so many echoes with the struggles here in New York City, where you have a property tax system that so many have acknowledged for so long is broken. (07:13–07:20)
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Asserts involvement in efforts to reduce reliance on regressive property taxes.
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