Andrew Cuomo: “I want to add 5000 police officers, 1500 in the subways.”

“A few years ago, the socialists went through this defund the police, right? This anti police movement, which they still hold to. And we cut a billion dollars from the police. I want to add 5000 police officers, 1500 in the subways. People have to feel safe. And then the third piece is affordable housing. We have people coming here from all across the country, all across the world, and that's great.” (03:39–03:46)

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