And I want you to know, as your governor, I recognize that and I appreciate it so intensely in what you have had to go through to be here today. Many wanted to be here. By the way, 8,000 fellow New Yorkers took the trooper test, hoping that they would be in your seats. 4,500 were processed again, hopeful that they would be here, selected to be part of this elite institution. And only 176 men and women. (03:54–04:02)
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Asserts that 8,000 New Yorkers took the trooper test.
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