And yet so many of my peers have not been able to buy a home. That's something that worries me tremendously. The affordability issue in New York is something that we talk about a lot. That's why I fought to tie the minimum wage to inflation, and I'm proud to say that that became the law now two years ago. And now every January the middle, the minimum wage goes up. This coming January, it will go up 50 cents, but then after that it will start going up a … (11:09–11:14)
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