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Brad Lander: “There were something like 200 vacant lots [in Lower Park…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

State of Brooklyn Event: Interview with Councilman Brad Lander on Affordable Housing and Urban Development

Published March 2, 2015 | Video Starts at 02:25

In the borough as a whole. Well, when I started as the director at the Fifth Avenue Committee, Right around our office, there were 150 vacant buildings. There were something like 200 vacant lots [in Lower Park Slope, Gowanus, the northern part of Sunset Park]. Lower Park Slope, Gowanus, the northern part of Sunset Park, Very, very different than today. (02:25–02:28)

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