Kathy Hochul: “New York is safer than it was two years ago, three years…”

“And as a respected member of the journalist community, I'm sure you asked them the question, have you looked at the statistics that show New York is safer than it was two years ago, three years ago, four years ago. So New York is safer. So I encourage all of you to not buy that argument, that this is keeping New Yorkers less safe. And I will stand up for the immigrant community.” (26:09–26:14)

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