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Eric Adams: “6,000 new units of housing, 2,000 permanently affordable…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams on his future in the mayor's race, political violence and more - Ask The Mayor | News 12

Published | Video Starts at 11:52

We hear one thing, housing, housing, housing. Far too many people say housing is right, but then we get in the way of building more housing. Let's look at the numbers. 6,000 new units of housing, 2,000 permanently affordable, 40,000 jobs to build out this project. That location has remained undeveloped, just a wasteland for so many years. And we do what we do, we land a plane. And there was a lot of conversations with the communities. (11:52–12:02)

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Asserts that the Brooklyn Marine Terminal project will create 6,000 housing units, 2,000 of which are permanently affordable, and 40,000 jobs.

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