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Michael Blake: “There should be a vacant apartment tax for people that are…”

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 02:56

Yes, you can have someone who's actually focused on affordability in a very real way. And let's be clear. You got to talk about how you're going to pay for all this. And I said There should be a vacant apartment tax for people that are not living in New York City. We should, you know, focus on the NYPD. Excessive overtime. You got $1.4 billion in that. You know, we can do things to actually pay the bills and actually make sure we change the game at the same time. (02:56–03:01)

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Proposes a tax on vacant apartments owned by non-residents of New York City.

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