What I brought up in last night's debate, Tom DiNapoli says we're paying out $60 million in the sexual harassment cases made against Andrew Cuomo. He's protected because they were done when he was governor. Cops can be now personally sued. So nobody wants to join a police department where, you know, you have to do physical intervention and you can be personally sued. That has to be dealt with timeline. To get to that 7,000. How long does it take to get to that number? (11:52–12:02)
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Asserts that the ability to personally sue police officers is a deterrent to joining the NYPD.
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