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Brad Lander: “When I started as the director at the Fifth Avenue…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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

Published | Video Starts at 02:18

What has been kind of the most important change that you've seen either, you know, in your district or just in the. 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. Lower Park Slope, Gowanus, the northern part of Sunset Park, Very, very different than today. (02:18–02:26)

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