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Scott Stringer: “I will cut the overtime budget, but I'm not going to cut the…”

Featuring: Scott Stringer, Democratic | Former Candidate, Mayor of New York City

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New York City Forum on Sanctuary City Laws and Immigrant Protections

Published | Video Starts at 09:03

We need to delay. We need a text amendment that says. Would you cut their budget? I will cut the overtime budget, but I'm not going to cut the [NYPD budget]. We made a mistake with that last time. I think we have to move beyond that and start thinking strategically about how we conquer this. (09:03–09:07)

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Asserts the intention to cut the NYPD overtime budget but not the overall NYPD budget.

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