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Donovan Richards: “Could we put up more parking meters, which would generate…”

Featuring: Donovan Richards, Democratic | Borough President of Queens | New York

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Published | Video Starts at 05:34

So could we look at cost savings there? The center for the Urban Future, I think, put out a plan today. Could we do parking permits in charge? Could we put up more parking meters, which would generate close to 1.3 billion in revenue a year. Right. So we need to look at every tool in the toolkit and toolbox before we go to the middle class and say, you're going to pay for it. (05:34–05:40)

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