Kathy Hochul: “Best year for office leasing.”

“Sales tax receipts in the area that people say would be killed by this are up 6%. That means people are still coming, they're still shopping, they're still spending money. And Best year for office leasing. So all the doomsayers said people are going to leave Manhattan and all these buildings that are empty. Best year for online leasing in 20 years. Leading the nation.” (05:23–05:26)

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