Curtis Sliwa: “A lot of conversions taking place of office space that'll…”

“So what is your plan to get immediate housing and bring down some of the rents? I think you just look to Manhattan, northern Brooklyn and northern Queens where you already have density housing. A lot of conversions taking place of office space that'll never be used as 25 Empire State Buildings worth of office space. It'll never be used again because of the way business is done. Virtually. People work from home. So do the conversion right away to affordable apartments. 50% of them should be affordable.” (14:02–14:12)

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