Michael Blake: “We need to make sure that we're protecting what's going on…”

“We need to have a federal universal childcare because that will allow us to make sure that our communities are actually safe and secure. We need to make sure that we're protecting what's going on in public housing with NYCHA and hold people accountable who are actually not making sure we have truly safe, affordable public housing. When we take these kinds of steps, we can actually then make sure that we all have a chance to thrive at the same time.” (23:55–24:06)

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