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Michael Blake: “We should focus on the NYPD excessive overtime. You got $1.4…”

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 03:00

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 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. (03:00–03:05)

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Asserts that NYPD's excessive overtime costs $1.4 billion and should be addressed.

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