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Zohran Mamdani: “Jersey City is at 7, Tokyo is at 10 [homes for every…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 17:51

I've often spoken about the fact that New York City is struggling to build four homes for every thousand people. And Jersey City is at 7, Tokyo is at 10 [homes for every thousand people]. These are examples that we look at that we cannot disentangle from a vacancy rate that is at a crisis level. (17:51–17:55)

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Asserts that Jersey City and Tokyo have higher rates of housing construction compared to New York City.

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