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Andrew Cuomo: “I want to raise the police department by 5,000.”

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

Zohran Mamdani calls Stephen A LIVE to push back on Andrew Cuomo's statements. Cuomo interview

Published October 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:38

We, New York City responded to this far left movement. Defund the police. Defund the police. They defunded the police. Lowest level in modern history. I want to raise the police department by 5,000. He wants to defund, dismantle the police. He wants to abolish jails, decriminalize prostitution. That's not where New Yorkers are. They Want more police, more affordable housing because the rent is too damn high. (07:38–07:44)

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Asserts a policy proposal to increase the police department by 5,000 officers.

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“We have the lowest level of police force that we've had in modern political history because we responded to this far left movement.”
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“3,000 people died. 150,000 have 911 related illness.”
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“These polls have been wrong all through the election.”
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“They were wrong in the primary and I think they're going to be wrong here in the general.”
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“New Yorkers have now really gotten to look at this Mamdani.”
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“He [Mamdani] is just not a New Yorker. He is not qualified to be mayor.”
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“He [Mamdani] doesn't stand for what they [New Yorkers] stand for. Decriminalize prostitution, defund the police.”
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“New York is not a socialist city.”
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“He wants to defund, dismantle the police. He wants to abolish jails, decriminalize prostitution.”
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“There was no there there. And people would find out that Report, then went to five district attorneys, four years lawyers. Everybody came…”
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“You have a civil war going on in, in the Democratic Party.”
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“The far left is having a war with the moderate mainstream Democrats.”
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“A lot of the mainstream Democrats are afraid of the left.”
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“The far left is never going to declare peace.”
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“If we can have the federal government working with the city to help the city, God bless, I'm all in.”
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“President Trump did make a good point when he said the Republican Curtis Sliwa is not ready for prime time.”
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“President Trump says that Mamdani is an existential threat.”
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“A vote for Sliwa is really a vote for Mamdani.”
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“I am a moderate Democrat, right? I am a public safety. I support the NYPD, 5,000 more cops, affordable housing, grow business, grow jobs…”
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“We're getting a lot of federal aid right now.”
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“The federal government controls everything. They can close your airports, they control your health money, they control your housing money.”
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“You're basically bankrupt if the federal government turns off the faucet.”
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“He has said that he will effectively take over New York City to protect the good people of New York.”
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“Every New Yorker was traumatized by 9 11.”
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“The mayor's not even in charge of buses. That's a state operation.”
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“If you freeze the budget, that means every year the costs go up. You have to reduce the number of police.”
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“We're losing too many businesses, we're losing too many people.”
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“You have people heading to Florida, South Carolina, Texas saying this state is too expensive.”
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“He is a socialist who won the Democratic primary.”
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“The Democratic Party is lost right now.”
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