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Kathy Hochul: “I had to call him and ask him to restore almost $200 million…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Published | Video Starts at 09:25

… collapses, the northeastern economy collapses, and there's 10,000 jobs that you shut down overnight by just trying to punish us for being a democratic state. So I am in communication. I had to call him and ask him to restore almost $200 million of money for law enforcement. There was supposed grants for law enforcement and first responders that they took away from us. I said, you're defunding the police, Mr. President. Not a good look. (09:25–09:32)

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Asserts that she requested the restoration of nearly $200 million for law enforcement funding.

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