And when we look at this city, and we correctly describe it as the most expensive city in the United States of America, we do so knowing that when we measure the true cost of living here, it shows that More than 5 million New Yorkers cannot afford [the true cost of living in the city]. it. 62% of New Yorkers cannot afford to live in this city. And so, for all of the discussion of the imagined exodus that would take place were we to … (22:44–22:48)
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Asserts that a significant number of New Yorkers cannot afford the cost of living in the city.
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