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Kathy Hochul: “I spent $3 billion on law enforcement mostly to stop…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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The only guns you can get hands on are probably back on the streets. And I have worked tirelessly to drive down the number of guns on our streets. We've been successful. I spent $3 billion on law enforcement mostly to stop homicides and shootings. And our number since I became governor, shootings and homicides are down about 60%. That's real progress from looking at laws, putting money, resources where they need to go to protect communities and, and making sure there's coordination. (15:27–15:33)

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Asserts that $3 billion was spent on law enforcement to reduce homicides and shootings.

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