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Brad Lander: “Two thirds of working New Yorkers have a job that doesn't…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Brad Lander's Announcement of Good Jobs Plan and Fundraising Milestone in NYC Mayoral Race

Published | Video Starts at 03:19

And that report revealed that Only a shocking 1/3 of new Yorkers have jobs that meet the standard that we set for a good job, for a quality job. In New York City, that means Two thirds of working New Yorkers have a job that doesn't pay a living wage, provide health care, employ them year round and have decent working conditions. So that's what we did first in that report that the controllers office released last week to set standards and say, how do we define what's a good job? (03:19–03:32)

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Asserts that two-thirds of working New Yorkers lack jobs with a living wage, health care, year-round employment, and decent conditions.

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