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Eric Adams: “You can't do it for people in NYCHA who really need to issue…”

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 16:15

Yeah, you could do it for a million people who are in rent control housing, but you can't do it for Michal Lama. The rent is going up 30%. You can't do it for people in NYCHA who really need to issue freezing rent, which is the city's issue in nycha. And so I think when you look at his housing policies, it is built on idealism. The realism of implementation is different. (16:15–16:24)

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Asserts that freezing rent is a significant issue for people in NYCHA.

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