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Governor Cuomo unveils aggressive plan to bolster NYPD ranks, morale

Published August 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 13:49

Change from suspicion to trust and change the culture with the nypd, where you don't have a reluctance to join, but you're excited to join, you're joining the nypd. It is the finest police force in the United States of America. Be proud, being your lucky if you can get recruiting. And that's, that's the way it was and that's the way it should be. Questions? Comments? Oh, hi, Hi, Governor. (13:49–13:55)

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Asserts that the NYPD is the finest police force in the United States.

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“In the last budget, City council tried to make the NYPD reduce its overtime budget by half.”
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“40% of the illegal guns that we find coming into the city come from traffic stops.”
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“They cut a billion dollars from the police department and they passed other anti police measures.”
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“The applications for NYPD 2017, you had 18,000 applicants. Today you have 8,000 applicants.”
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“I took over the state government. We had the largest deficit in the history in the state of New York, something like $10 billion.”
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“The current government in New York City has failed in many ways.”
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“Public safety is the foundation of New York City.”
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“It's time to turn the page on the current philosophy on public safety, because it did not work.”
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“The dominant political philosophy in New York City was anti police, anti public safety.”
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“60 to 70% [of domestic violence situations] involves violence or threats of violence.”
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“Crime is up. You can't be selective about picking certain facts on crime. Yes, some categories of crime are down, but overall crime is up.”
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“Total number of uniformed officers, year 2000, we had 40,000.”
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“Look at the starting salary to be an NYPD officer...$60,000.”
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“5,000 more police would bring the force to about 40,000, depending on what the rate of attrition is.”
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“I would propose $15,000 bonus paid in two tranches. 5,000 on graduation from the academy, 10,000 after 12 months.”
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“The SRG Team Strategic Response Group is the group that responded to the shooting on Park Avenue.”
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“There's been a scandal at One Police Plaza. Police commissioners come and go, scandals with police commissioners.”
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“You have 77 meetings and you say, let's talk, let's talk.”
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“I don't want to become an NYPD officer, put myself in danger. The politicians don't support me and the local community doesn't like me.”
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“I don't see it as similar to Mayor de Blasio. There's been. Every police commissioner has talked about local engagement.”
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“I would keep the SRG responding to mass protests.”
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“You have seen a lot of destruction during these protests.”
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“We were more aggressive in decertifying police even to be certified as a police officer, which by the state, when you're decertified, you're…”
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“It's about $250 million.”
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“Police officers are working two shifts, three shifts, working overtime, and you're burning them out.”
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“Hire more police officers. That's the answer to that.”
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“In the Democratic Socialist church charter, it says defund the police.”
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“The state started universal pre-k.”
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“I give the attorney General additional powers.”
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“I passed a piece of law that said all local mayors, jurisdictions should work with their police department to find reforms.”
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“We worked with dcjs, we did additional reforms.”
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“No, we didn't defund any police department.”
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“50A was a reform that said there's going to be more disclosure about a police officer's record and complaints against the police officer.”
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“We passed and I promoted a constitutional amendment to the redistricting law.”
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“It is now in the Constitution. Then you have an independent redistricting commission.”
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“In New York, you would have to repeal that constitutional amendment. And to do that, you'd have to pass a law, put it on the ballot and get…”
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“It is in the DSA charter they sign. I support defunding the police.”
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“Keeping the police level the same doesn't mean keeping the police level the same because you are attritting people at a phenomenal rate.”
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“If you just freeze hiring, you're going to be dropping the size of the force exponentially.”
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“If he became mayor, I guarantee you, you would see the rate of attrition increase.”
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“We've seen what the NYPD does when they have a mayor who doesn't have their back. You know what they do? They turn their backs.”
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