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Brad Lander: “That program limits funding to $12.50 a night.”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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New York City Mayoral Interview: Brad Lander on Housing, Public Safety, and Immigration

Published | Video Starts at 22:05

Now, we spent this last year and the year before for people the federal government essentially sent here, and we provided them a place to sleep. Not expensive. They said it was luxury. But That program limits funding to $12.50 a night. So they're just gaslighting us anyway, so. So we're gonna get that money back and spend it to keep the city strong. Can we get a little fun? (22:05–22:10)

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Asserts that the funding program for asylum seeker sheltering services is capped at $12.50 per night.

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