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Kathy Hochul: “We're funding [local law enforcement] at $3 billion a year.”

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Published April 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 38:15

They should not be standing at DWI stops with local law enforcement. And that is part of my Local Cops, Local Crimes initiative which says I want local law enforcement and We're funding [local law enforcement] at $3 billion a year. I don't want them working as part time ICE agents. This agency has $85 billion. They have enough money to do what they're doing. (38:15–38:18)

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“In the first three months of this year, shootings with injury are down 84% since 2021.”
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“Starting today, the Trump administration will start paying back businesses the money that they illegally took from them under a tariff…”
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“They're going to be paying back more than $166 billion they collected in illegal tariffs.”
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“$13.5 billion is the additional cost that has been imposed on New Yorkers alone because of the Trump tariffs.”
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“New York families [are owed] $1,700 [due to Trump tariffs].”
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“This agency [ICE] has $85 billion.”
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“New York [is] one of the safest big states in America.”
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“Overall, all violent crime in Buffalo has plummeted to a 10 year low.”
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“Shootings with injury are down 57% just from last year alone.”
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“Across all those other areas, shootings are down 65% since 2021 and 20% from last year alone.”
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“For the past four years, I have pushed through groundbreaking investment, more than $3 billion in public safety and police officers on the…”
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“I quadrupled the money from the state of New York to district attorneys from $41 million in 2022 to $183 million now.”
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“I want to pass new legislation as well to help crack down on 3D printed guns.”
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“I want to focus on that and we have really thoughtful nation leading legislation on that and to also ban handguns that can be easily…”
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“Upgrading law enforcement technology for them [Erie County] money, $14 million for that.”
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“$3 million for the SNUG program.”
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“We've had over 17 community projects with $2 million for Project Rise.”
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“Our investment includes $36 million more for GIVE.”
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“Investing $3 billion from our budget process has made a dramatic difference in saving lives.”
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“We changed our bail laws, we changed our discovery laws.”
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“I've made a lot of changes in just the laws that govern the administration of the criminal justice system.”
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“I've got changes, as I mentioned, on the laws related to the manufacture of guns illegally in people's homes.”
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“Looking at the parole laws, we can certainly do that.”
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“We're investing so much in the violence disruptor programs.”
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“Businesses can begin submitting documentation to reclaim the money they paid [due to Trump administration imposed tariffs].”
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“I'm focusing on meaningful immigration reform that I literally proposed back in January.”
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“We have social media changes... to protect our children.”
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“We are spending an enormous amount of money to backfill the people who left their jobs [in the prison system].”
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“We've worked on reducing the age requirements from 21 to 18 now so we can open a larger population [for corrections officers].”
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“Contraband is down 20% over the last year.”
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“Seizures of illegal weapons in the jails, prisons is down 26%.”
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“I don't believe that I should be providing information to law enforcement when it comes to civil infractions or violations of civil laws.”
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