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Eric Adams: “We must get in the business of affordable housing.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

In-Depth Interview with Mayor Eric Adams on New York City's Challenges and Initiatives

Published June 29, 2022 | Video Starts at 22:58

We want to build Safe Haven beds. Show me the community that's going to allow me to build the Safe Haven Haven beds to give wraparound services. So We must get in the business of affordable housing. But once we build it, we have to put people in the units. We've had almost 2,200 units that were empty because we didn't have a system in place. (22:58–23:01)

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Asserts the need for the city to focus on affordable housing.

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