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Brad Lander: “The state agency, Empire State Development waived the fine…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Published | Video Starts at 12:55

It's a state agency. And yeah, I mean, I think they. You know, there's city wave the fines towards the state is basically what happened in this case. The state waived the. The state agency, Empire State Development waived the fine toward this developer. You know, was a Chinese development company that had taken over long ago, was a company, Forest City Ratner, that made the deal and then they sold their stake to, you know, a big Chinese real estate investment company. (12:55–13:01)

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States that the Empire State Development Corporation waived fines for a developer.

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