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Kirsten Gillibrand: “You are slashing these Community Violence Intervention…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published | Video Starts at 04:42

And I'm waiting from your department over a year to get that data to the extent there's data that we're required. Okay, I got like five points. I only get five minutes. Next point. Community Violence Intervention Grants. You are slashing these Community Violence Intervention Grants. They work. We know they work. One of them was to New York for 4.2 million. Slashed. It prevents youth violence. These are programs that are working. (04:42–04:46)

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Asserts that Community Violence Intervention Grants are being cut.

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