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Zohran Mamdani: “It's estimated to allow for the additional construction of a…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 25:55

And that's our job to break this down. Right. What City of Yes does it. Is it makes it easier to construct more housing across New York City. It changes zoning regulations. It's estimated to allow for the additional construction of a little less than 90,000 new units. We have to build on top of that. It has to be even more than that. My point here is that when I speak to developers, we'll have disagreements about labor, we'll have disagreements about maybe materials and the cost of it. (25:55–26:00)

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Asserts that the City of Yes initiative is expected to enable the construction of nearly 90,000 new housing units.

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