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Whitney Tilson: “It used to take two years start to finish from land…”

Featuring: Whitney Tilson, Democratic | Former Hedge Fund Manager, Candidate for New York City Mayor

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Published | Video Starts at 43:01

And developer who actually went bankrupt said it used to take me two years under the Bloomberg administration. And it wasn't just Bloomberg policies, but just what's built up. You learn it takes about two years. Yeah, yeah, It used to take two years start to finish from land acquisition [to] actually building and opening something. and being able to sell or rent the apartments or the housing. When that extended to four years, it's now four years when you double the amount of time. (43:01–43:07)

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Asserts that the process used to take two years from land acquisition to building completion.

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