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Kathy Hochul: “Cutting $187 million, defunding our police and fire…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Governor Hochul Calls Out Trump and Washington Republicans' Reckless Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 09:16

And now to have this pulled out from under them. But the other cuts coming. Let's just talk about what happened yesterday. Who knows what's happening tomorrow? Cutting $187 million, defunding our police and fire department here in New York City to protect us from possible terrorism attacks. My God, you can't make this up. And it's going to other cities in safes, states that have never even seen or witnessed or experienced the cruelty of terrorism. (09:16–09:30)

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Asserts that $187 million is being cut, affecting police and fire department funding in New York City.

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