Zohran Mamdani: “New York City builds about four houses for 1,000 people.”

“And I warned you in 2021 you should have elected me mayor. Okay, Mr. Mamdani, we need to build more housing all across New York City. Today New York City builds about four houses for 1,000 people. Jersey City's at seven. Tokyo is at about 10. We need to do this by streamlining the processes of private sector construction across the city by ensuring we're building more around hubs of mass transit.” (28:16–28:20)

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