$8 billion. People think, okay, wow, you dodged the bullet and everything is fine. No, that is a billion dollars we couldn't put into more housing. 500,000 should have gone to Children who were chronically absent from school. A billion dollars to our senior care. The long term impact of what happened during those years is going to have a major impact on the future of the city. (10:36–10:41)
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Asserts that $500,000 could have been allocated to address chronic absenteeism in schools.
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