Zohran Mamdani: “We can cut the time in half that it takes for someone to…”

“When we add additional staff like we have done in this executive budget, what that allows us to do is speed up the times in responding to these applications. When we are looking at the housing lottery, just in terms of the mechanics, We can cut the time in half that it takes for someone to move into a house. And you know, the, the final piece here is, and I think you heard this from Deputy Mayor Bozard, this is a long term commitment.” (22:34–22:38)

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