Zohran Mamdani: “This is an assessment of a vacancy crisis within our subway…”

“But I wanted to talk about one specific part, and that is those vacant retail spaces you want to turn into drop in hubs for homeless New Yorkers. Explain more what that would look like. So This is an assessment of a vacancy crisis within our subway system where close to 3/4 of all commercial units are vacant across the MTA. And we would transform these sites into ones that would provide immediate medical assistance to any New Yorker in need and connect them with services outside of the subway system.” (02:41–02:51)

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