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Kathy Hochul: “Crime was escalating in numbers that we had not seen in a…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Safer Streets: Governor Hochul Announces Shootings Down 60 Percent Since 2021

Published | Video Starts at 25:05

It is incredible. So always grateful to check in on them. And I'd like to talk about some progress, though. You know, our ongoing mission since I first became governor and Crime was escalating in numbers that we had not seen in a long time [in 2021]. was a four frightening time back in 2021, coming through the final months of the pandemic. But everything was kind of set off kilter. And in our cities, and it's not just New York. (25:05–25:09)

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Asserts that crime rates were unusually high in 2021.

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