Zohran Mamdani: “We have 100% publicly owned land.”

“We have a mayor who's defending that system, who is defending a system that has asked New Yorkers for up to 10, $20,000 to move. And finally, what we need to do is build actually affordable housing. We have 100% publicly owned land. It's time that we put that to full use and make sure that New Yorkers can actually afford to live in those units.” (10:10–10:13)

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