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Andrew Cuomo: “In the last budget, City council tried to make the NYPD…”

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

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Cops and racists. Deconstruct jails. Defund the public. A defund the police dismantled the police. Police are a threat to public safety. Mr. Momdani said. All this misery, all for money. In the last budget, City council tried to make the NYPD reduce its overtime budget by half. They refused. There is no negotiating with an institution this wicked and corrupt police department. Wicked and corrupt, defunded, dismantling, and the cycle of violence. (04:58–05:04)

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Asserts that the New York City Council attempted to cut the NYPD's overtime budget by 50%.

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