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

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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New York Mayoral Race: Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander Discuss Candidacy and Key Issues

Published | Video Starts at 19:36

Do we have money for that? We do. We do. Do we have money for that? Well, look, my number one pledge in this campaign. All right, I'm glad you asked. Yes. My number one pledge in this campaign is to end street homelessness for people with serious mental illness. We don't have to be a city that has a couple thousand of our mentally ill neighbors. You know what's expensive? Our hospitals and jail will actually save money, even as we make our city safer. (19:36–19:41)

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Asserts a campaign pledge to end street homelessness for those with serious mental illness.

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