This of course comes in coming amid terrifying tariff increases, rising food costs, loss of federal funding to food pantries, on top of the ever growing housing crisis. What is your plan to address these different ranges of affordability for New Yorkers? Look, The housing crisis, if we don't get it under control, we're quickly going to become a city for the very, very wealthy, with enclaves for the poor and nobody in between. I think for too long. The last couple of mayors have been minimalistic in their thinking on what we can do to build affordable housing. (15:45–15:55)
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Asserts that without addressing the housing crisis, New York City will become segregated by wealth.
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