But in terms of the immediate issue for we're Talking about around 2,000 people in New York who are living on the streets and have serious mental illness. Today, there's 2,500 vacant units of supportive housing in New York City. There's, under Eric Adams policies, they're not eligible for because he uses these homeless sweeps. He wants people to go into shelter. We could offer that those 2,000 people access to these 2,500 units we already have. (22:03–22:10)
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