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Chuck Schumer: “New York has to be a city of the poor, the middle class and…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Interview with Senator Chuck Schumer on Brooklyn, Politics, and Key Issues

Published | Video Starts at 02:42

I support, you know, de Blasio, even here, this fancy, nice domino sugar factory that's across the street from you. It's going to be 20, 25% affordable housing. We need it, it's important to keep. New York has to be a city of the poor, the middle class and the wealthy. Yeah. If we lose any one of those three, we're not New York. And so affordable housing helps make that happen. And we're trying to do it in Brooklyn. (02:42–02:47)

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Asserts that New York City should maintain a diverse socioeconomic population.

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