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Kathy Sheehan: “Crime is actually 21% lower today than it was when I took…”

Featuring: Kathy Sheehan, Democratic | Mayor of Albany, New York

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NEWS10 in Your Town: Mayor Kathy Sheehan reflects on Albany

Published | Video Starts at 04:25

And, you know, that makes it difficult to recruit people in that environment. And so we're seeing that shift, and we're seeing it change. You know, Crime is actually 21% lower today than it was when I took office in 2014. But people's perceptions are very different. We have a mental health crisis that is playing itself out right in front of our eyes, and so we have to pivot and do different things. (04:25–04:30)

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Asserts that crime rates have decreased by 21% since Kathy Sheehan took office in 2014.

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