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Brad Lander: “New York City gave [emergency housing vouchers] to about…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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New York City Town Hall with Brad Lander: Standing Up Against Trump and Fighting for Progressive Values

Published | Video Starts at 1:24:14

But they are cutting these emergency housing vouchers that got issued during the pandemic. And the New York City gave [emergency housing vouchers] to about 8,000 low income families who were in shelter or homeless. and are now housed with those 8,000 emergency housing vouchers that everyone expected the federal government would just keep paying for. And Trump announced that they are going to eliminate that program. (1:24:14–1:24:20)

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Asserts that New York City provided emergency housing vouchers to about 8,000 low-income families.

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