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Andrew Cuomo: “Closing the prisons... The population dropped, so there was…”

Featuring: Andrew Cuomo, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

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And they have been changing the laws, but they're responsible for the laws that are on the book books. Closing the prisons. It's not that we closed Closing the prisons... The population dropped, so there was no need for the prisons. That's why we closed the prisons. So none of it, none of it is true. They're just excuses. You had four years. I would not have tolerated these conditions. (30:40–30:51)

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Asserts that prisons were closed due to a drop in population.

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