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Kathy Hochul: “Unlike 35 other states in America, we have liability laws on…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Rochester Budget Rally

Published | Video Starts at 34:32

We are. But listen, there's another whole side of the equation. We'll deal with that. That's all bad. They're criminals. We got to shut that down. The other part is, Unlike 35 other states in America, we have liability laws on the books that allow people who are even like a drunk driver going through a red light, who causes an accident, who still can get a jackpot payout. by having savvy lawyers go to court and convince a jury that they're injured. Now, that's also what you're paying for. So we got to reel this in. (34:32–34:47)

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Asserts that New York's liability laws allow at-fault drivers to receive payouts, unlike 35 other states.

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