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Eric Adams: “The total of the repairs [for NYCHA] is over $80 billion.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams Hosts Older Adult Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 36:30

But the federal government has abandoned nycha. The state has not put in their funding. We are putting in our funding. But when you look at the repairs you're talking about, The total of the repairs [for NYCHA] is over $80 billion. And so when you get a NYCHA staffer who's coming out and want those repairs, we want to repair the roofs, we want to repair the elevator, we want to repair the doors, we want to repair the grounds and the facilities. (36:30–36:36)

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Asserts that the cost of repairs needed for NYCHA exceeds $80 billion.

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