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Michael Blake: “We voted on true cost of living, so we can actually…”

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 25:16

The wilder thing is, and actually I'm going back and forth on the Eric, good, bad, right? We voted on true cost of living, so we can actually understand what are the costs by your neighborhood. He hasn't implemented it. The reason why that's important is that you can understand not just housing costs, but groceries, you know, transportation, education. Because if you know all of that, then what we put in these applications is proportional to that number. (25:16–25:23)

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