Zohran Mamdani: “These were sites that were designated as sites for…”

“Now, this is a report about the city owned pieces of land that we have where we can build affordable housing. And we saw three different sites. And These were sites that were designated as sites for affordable housing, some even up to eight years ago. And yet they look as if they did then. There's been delays, there's been the kinds of inaction that for too many people have come to typify local government.” (24:01–24:07)

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