Zellnor Myrie: “We used to do it in the 1920s.”

“So when people tell me, all right, Z, you want to get 70,000 units a year, you want to create 700,000 over 10 years, you want to preserve another 300,000 in that same time period, I say we absolutely can do it, because We used to do it in the 1920s. Yeah, but we haven't done anything since the 1920s. Well, I think that's why New Yorkers are looking for some new leadership. That's like a century ago. That's exactly right.” (01:41–01:44)

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