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Eric Adams: “We lost 3,000 units of housing because of member deference.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams Discusses NYC Afterschool Initiative, Housing Policies, and Leadership Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 02:11

Do you know due to member deference. And that means for your viewers, that means that if that one member decides not to build housing, they can block a housing project. We lost 3,000 units of housing because of member deference. When we did the city of yes, they took away 20,000 units of housing. So on Monday they say housing is the right. Tuesday they're using methods to block housing. (02:11–02:16)

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