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Curtis Sliwa: “We have about 100,000 apartments warehouse.”

Featuring: Curtis Sliwa, Conservative | Radio Talk Show Host, Former Candidate, Mayor of New York City

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Published | Video Starts at 14:23

Let's talk about housing. We can't get out of the current housing emergency without building a lot of new units. Do you agree with that? I disagree. Right away. We have about 100,000 apartments warehouse. Let's start with the apartments we do control. Nycha. I'm in the projects all the time. Sure. 6,000 empty apartments. How do you justify that when so many people are on waiting lists, sometimes for years? (14:23–14:27)

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Asserts that there are approximately 100,000 warehoused apartments in the city.

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