But I also had a conversation with the President a few months ago about it was unnecessary to send the National Guard into New York. Our crime rates are going down. We've worked hard on this. Our subways are safer than they've been in decades. So I said to the President, you don't need to send the National Guard in. We have 35,000 sworn members of the NYPD who work hard every day to protect our city. (01:11–01:15)
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