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. If Andrew Cuomo loses the primary, he said he'll run as an independent if you guys lose. If either of you guys lose, will you run as an independent? (19:45–19:51)
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