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Michael Blake: “There was a sex scandal for promotions that was happening…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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New York City Mayoral Candidate Michael Blake Discusses Campaign Vision and Policies

Published | Video Starts at 13:30

… having a reduced police force, but people saying they're walking away because they want to see changes happening with criminal justice and. Or again, let's call it what it is. There was a sex scandal for promotions that was happening that led to that 1.4 billion that had nothing to do about public safety. Right. That was incompetence, inefficiency and mismanagement. And so if I were to say to any manager, did you have a good reason why $1.4 billion was spent in overtime … (13:30–13:38)

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Asserts that a sex scandal related to promotions contributed to $1.4 billion in NYPD overtime unrelated to public safety.

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