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Brad Lander: “In the Manhattan part of the district, the average [housing…”

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Published | Video Starts at 07:13

What do you think the party keeps getting wrong on this issue? Yeah, well, so certainly housing is number one here. I mean the cost of housing, you know, In the Manhattan part of the district, the average [housing cost] is over $5,000 a month. People don't have any belief that they'll be able to ever become homeowners. Even like middle class, you know, upper middle class kids, much less low income and working class folks in Sunset park or Red Hook or Chinatown. (07:13–07:18)

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Asserts that the average housing cost in Manhattan is over $5,000 a month.

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