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Brad Lander: “Homelessness went up 40% during [Andrew Cuomo's] tenure.”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Assembly Member Jessica Gonzalez and Brad Lander Rally for New York City Mayoral Race at Stonewall

Published | Video Starts at 19:02

… a lot of time fighting against raising the minimum wage and prevented the cost of living adjustment that he now says he'll support on, you know, housing. It's the same. Homelessness went up 40% during [Andrew Cuomo's] tenure. He made a backroom deal with Republicans to undermine the rent laws. It cost hundreds of thousands of units of affordable housing. He will say and do whatever he thinks is good for him at the moment. (19:02–19:06)

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Asserts that homelessness increased by 40% during Andrew Cuomo's time in office.

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