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. And so what we're saying, let's give the powers back to the voters and back to New Yorkers. (02:15–02:23)
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Asserts 20,000 housing units were removed during the city of yes initiative.
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