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Brad Lander: “We displaced 2,308 people, and only three of them got…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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In-Depth Discussion with NYC Comptroller Brad Lander on City Challenges and Policies

Published | Video Starts at 04:56

Like the one we did on homeless sweeps, where we found that, you know, this policy that the city had ramped up of displacing homeless people from the encampments where they are, is totally ineffective, in addition to really lacking compassion. So We displaced 2,308 people, and only three of them got housing. So. And maybe I'll just give one more example of one thing we've tried to do with the tools and the Audits is say what matters to the New Yorkers who are dealing with these systems. (04:56–05:02)

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Asserts that 2,308 people were displaced from homeless encampments, but only three received housing.

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