Michael Blake: “Richie Torres has been in Congress now five plus years. He…”

“As we talked about universal child care, now we're going to see that happen in the city. It has to get funded in a real way on a national level as well. Richie Torres has been in Congress now five plus years. He does not have one bill at all where he is the prime sponsor that is addressing affordability, not one that has passed and become law. So we think about what's at stake right now to actually reduce your costs and raise your wages. I'm actually giving people a vision around that on our Bronx plan, and he's not.” (02:44–02:56)

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