Michael Blake: “We should have a vacant apartment tax for someone that is…”

“Moreover, how do we REASSESS what's happening? NYPD had about $1.4 billion in overtime, not necessarily tied to public safety, but to the earlier question, getting more police officers back. Moreover, We should have a vacant apartment tax for someone that is not living in New York City as their primary residence. We know that could generate about another 400 million. To the question, Dan, we can be Very focused that regardless what's happening in D.C. we can take care of home.” (06:11–06:17)

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