Jessica Ramos: “A lot of these prostitution rings have existed, and we've…”

“It has existed my entire life. I know, but I heard it's really bad now. It is worse now. I'm not trying to talk it down. I'm trying to say that A lot of these prostitution rings have existed, and we've had the time to dissolve them to catch people. I mean, the mayor was in my district a few months ago closing brothels for a photo op. No one was arrested and investigated.” (03:17–03:26)

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