He's trying to weasel at his saying defund the police. We all know he wants to defund the police. The issue is we should be increasing the police. Absolutely. We should be increasing the budget for our police, we should be increasing our recruitment efforts. And if you look at the number of retirements, Larry, it's because there has been a significant response to these horrible defund the police to failed bail reform, to putting criminals first, law enforcement and law abiding New Yorkers last. (05:22–05:28)
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Advocates for increasing the police budget and recruitment efforts.
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