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Andrew Cuomo: “The mayor cuts the police, cuts the Police Department 5000.”

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

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Andrew Cuomo Exposes What's Really Happening To NYC

Published | Video Starts at 03:05

What happened to that entire lesson? And then we get the reminder with the attacks in front of Gracie Mansion and no response. The mayor cuts the police, cuts the Police Department 5000. At the very moment when you should be adding more police, he cuts it by 5,000. You have one of the highest attrition rates from the NYPD because they're up for retirement. (03:05–03:11)

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Asserts that the mayor has reduced the police force by 5,000 officers.

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