And part of the legacy of that is when we built the Second Avenue subway, the first portion of it, that first phase, We spent more money on consultants than construction [for the Second Avenue subway, first phase]. And this is part of the ballooning costs. I'm not just talking about the suspension of the 18 billion, but the fact that we are losing the ability to do things ourselves. (35:00–35:10)
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