That's what the mayor can control right away. We need to move those families with children in. For those who live in rent stabilized apartments and have their rent subsidized or on Mandami, We need to make sure that the big realtors...have to pay a vacancy tax. because they're holding off on those apartments, they're not putting them out into the marketplace because they want to flip the building. Not for the mid sized landlords or the small landlords. (21:32–21:39)
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Proposes that big realtors should pay a vacancy tax for holding off apartments from the market.
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