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Brad Lander: “My number one commitment in this campaign is to end street…”

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 20:12

So I do think this gets back to we can have both accountability and safety. I'm a big believer in community violence, interruption in those drug treatment courts and mental health courts in connecting people. My number one commitment in this campaign is to end street homelessness for people with serious mental illness. And no amount of policing will do that. You have to connect them to housing and support services. So I've laid out a plan. It's called Housing First. (20:12–20:19)

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