Zohran Mamdani: “Tokyo is at about 10 [houses for 1,000 people].”

“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 [houses for 1,000 people]. 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.” (28:20–28:22)

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