Of the median salary of the tenants of these units, the median household income being about $60,000. And we've seen oftentimes that The Rent Guidelines Board will conduct their studies...and then the board will take a decision that oftentimes conflicts starkly with those same findings. And it is time for us to follow these very findings. And part of what I'll also just say is that the impetus here is to provide relief to a disproportionately working and middle class set of New Yorkers. (11:38–11:49)
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