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Kathy Hochul: “Housing projects in New York take 50% longer to build than…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Governor Hochul Announces Long Island Winners of Downtown Revitalization Initiative

Published | Video Starts at 14:17

… and not have artificial barriers in the way we'll always protect the environment first, always job number one. But when there's laws that are being used as a weapon to … Housing projects in New York take 50% longer to build than in other states. … that just says we're obstructionists and NIMBYISM rules the day here. We cannot have that. We cannot have people going even over just to live in New Jersey and work in New York because they built More housing. (14:17–14:24)

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Asserts that housing projects in New York take significantly longer to complete compared to other states.

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