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Zohran Mamdani: “A developer told [State Senator] Liz Krueger about a new…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Mayor Mamdani Holds Tax Day Forum with Economists Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz

Published | Video Starts at 29:40

This is the kind of wealth that is being stored in the city. And it is a residence that is so often empty. And it was actually not that many years ago when A developer told [State Senator] Liz Krueger about a new building: 'No one's actually going to live here, so it won't have an impact on the need for city services.' services. That's the way it's been built in to our cities life and its expectation. And now is the opportunity to change so much of this. (29:40–29:52)

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Asserts that a developer claimed a new building would not impact city services due to lack of occupancy.

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