Michael Blake: “We need to have local median income because area median…”

“They understand it's a problem. So what are you going to do? And what I'm laying out are very specific ways to address affordability. First, We need to have local median income because area median income makes zero sense. Area median income is how your housing other expenses are determined. But it includes Westchester, Rockland and Suffolk county that makes any sense at all.” (14:53–14:59)

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