… the downtown for the inner harbor area that Baltimore, now that the state of Maryland has had the fastest drops of violent crime anywhere in the United States of America. The homicide rate in the state of Maryland is now down nearly 50% since I put my hand on the Bible to become the governor. Baltimore, the last time the homicide rate was this low, I wasn't born yet. And you now look at everything that's happened from the housing inventory where we have now cut the vacant housing inventory essentially by third. (36:51–36:58)
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Asserts that Maryland's homicide rate has decreased by nearly 50% since Wes Moore became governor.
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