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Michael Blake: “It makes no sense that Westchester, Rockland, and Suffolk…”

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

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Champions on the Court, Fighters at the Polls: Michael Blake vs. Richie Torres | Nayma Silver Uptown

Published | Video Starts at 29:44

That's for Latino, Caribbean, all of us who got to care about that. Right. But then, second, we have to immediately make life more affordable, and we can do that with a local median income. It makes no sense that Westchester, Rockland, and Suffolk counties are the reason why our housing is more expensive and calculated at a higher expense. It should be based upon what's happening here in the Bronx. Right. And so we're gonna go for that right there. Look, I'm Jamaican. We can never do this one thing. (29:44–29:54)

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Asserts that housing costs are inflated due to calculations including Westchester, Rockland, and Suffolk counties.

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