I'm also fighting for public safety because we need more mental health services to get those who are severely mentally ill out of our subways, off our streets, and into institutions where they're properly taken care of. But This is also about tackling our affordable housing crisis and making sure that we are building housing that is not only really affordable low income rentals and making sure that NYCHA is getting the repairs that they need. But I also have a proposal to build modest equity homeownership opportunities so that we can start to build that generational wealth that we've all dreamed of. (01:25–01:39)

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Asserts the need to address the affordable housing crisis and ensure NYCHA receives necessary repairs.

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Jessica Ramos: “This is also about tackling our affordable housing crisis…”