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Michael Blake: “Current numbers say it's about 540 [thousand units] just to…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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Michael Blake Discusses New York City Mayoral Candidacy and Policy Proposals on The Breakfast Club

Published | Video Starts at 22:40

And I want to show people if we're serious about having housing, which I do think we got to build about 600,000 units at least. Current numbers say it's about 540 [thousand units] just to hit the current supply demand. But for you to build the housing, you then got to make sure people actually could afford it when they get there. That was going to be my question to you. (22:40–22:44)

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