Michael Blake: “1 out of 8 kids being homeless in New York City schools.”

“You're actually going to make more money for the city doing it this way. And if I reduce the likelihood of people becoming homeless, where we think about 1 out of 8 kids being homeless in New York City schools. we will actually then improve our financial conditions. There is a common sense approach around this. It takes the will to be saying, we're going to actually implement this.” (34:55–34:58)

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