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Scott Stringer: “We take 1,000 vacant properties that we have. The city owns…”

Featuring: Scott Stringer, Democratic | Former Candidate, Mayor of New York City

Scott Stringer's Vision for New York City: Education, Safety, and Housing

Published June 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 16:44

See how it all works? You start at low income housing, you work your way up to michelama and suddenly you are a middle class New Yorker. How did we get there? We take 1,000 vacant properties that we have. The city owns it. You own it, I own it. And we don't give that housing, those parcels of land to rich developers. We give it enough for profits. Limited profit developers. Build Michelama 2.0. That's what I want to do. (16:44–16:49)

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Asserts that the city owns 1,000 vacant properties.

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