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Eric Adams: “The cost of building has gone through the roof. It's so…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Former Mayor Eric Adams Talks Housing Policy, Crime & Life After City Hall | Coffee Talk

Published | Video Starts at 24:46

And, you know, hats off to them to even do this, to have to raise the money, to have to deal with government inefficiencies, to have to deal with elected officials that make it challenging. The cost of building has gone through the roof. It's so expensive to build in New York. And so we need to be doing everything that's possible to have a win win relationship. And I don't think we're doing that. How long do you think it will take to restore that confidence? (24:46–24:52)

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Asserts that building costs in New York have significantly increased.

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