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Williams addresses long-term New Yorkers about resource allocation
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Jumaane Williams directly addresses long-term New Yorkers who feel they have been neglected in favor of new migrants. He emphasizes that the city has always had the resources to provide for everyone's needs, and urges residents not to blame migrants for long-standing issues.
- Williams acknowledges the frustrations of long-term New Yorkers who have not received adequate services
- He asserts that the city has always had sufficient funds to provide for everyone's needs
- Williams cautions against blaming migrants for decisions made by city officials who chose not to allocate resources effectively in the past
Jumaane Williams
0:17:25
And I do wanna have a message to long term New Yorkers who have not gotten what they needed and they've been here for decades and decades.
0:17:31
I just wanna be clear that the money that's been spent thus far has always been here.
0:17:36
We have always had the money to provide everything that everyone needed.
0:17:41
Please do not allow people who chose not to spend that money on people who are in crisis long before the migrants are here to blame the migrants for decisions that they haven't made.