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Brad Lander: “New York State gives a multimillion dollar property tax…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Published | Video Starts at 11:56

But that's very different from them turning that into a surveillance database that identifies people and has individualized consequences for them. One thing I will say New York State could do right now is that New York State gives a multimillion dollar property tax [break] to Madison Square Garden. That was passed in 1982, and there's no earthly reason for that. So if the state legislature and the governor can't immediately stop Dolan from spying on us, at least they could stop giving our taxpayer dollars to him. (11:56–12:06)

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Asserts that New York State provides a multimillion dollar property tax break to Madison Square Garden, which was passed in 1982.

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