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Brad Lander: “Contracts instead went to these big for-profit companies…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Brad Lander Discusses New York City Mayoral Candidacy and Criticizes Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo

Published | Video Starts at 07:06

Should have done is said, we want to make sure people get work authorization so they could get to work in this city and pay their own way here. And unfortunately, the Contracts instead went to these big for-profit companies with no accountability. I got that one canceled, but a lot of others went through. And in my mind, that's what happened. Like, you know, then we wound up with new problems. (07:06–07:13)

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Asserts that contracts were awarded to large for-profit companies lacking accountability.

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