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Brad Lander: “It's a manage a 300,000 person bureaucracy to make the…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Upper West Side Town Hall with NYC Comptroller Brad Lander

Published | Video Starts at 1:01:48

That's what mayor is in so many ways is a management job. It's an organizing job, it's a vision job, It's a stand up and fight job. And It's a manage a 300,000 person bureaucracy to make the schools run better and make those housing agencies. I talked to you about sort of the vision of making NYCHA run better. Same is true at hpd, our housing department. (1:01:48–1:01:55)

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