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Kathy Hochul: “I want to take a law known as [SEQR]... and change [it].”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Governor Hochul Makes an Announcement

Published | Video Starts at 32:35

Anywhere else you go, Economics 101, you build more supply, the prices go down. Build more supply, the prices go down. We're going to build that supply. Because here's what I want to do in this budget. I want to take a law known as [SEQR]... and change [it]. seeker, okay? An important environmental law back in the 70s when no one was caring about the environment, didn't give a damn. Smokestacks everywhere, pollution. The lakes were so contaminated where I lived. (32:35–32:39)

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Asserts intent to change the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) to facilitate housing development.

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