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Brad Lander: “That's going to be 8,000 people who, if something doesn't…”

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 1:24:32

… 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. And That's going to be 8,000 people who, if something doesn't change, lose their housing vouchers. And we're going to have to be ready to either pick them up with the city program to keep them housed or, or if we don't do that, to pay for the shelters that they would need. (1:24:32–1:24:38)

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Asserts that 8,000 people will lose their housing vouchers if the program is eliminated.

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