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Whitney Tilson: “We're down to a 34 year low in the number of police…”

Featuring: Whitney Tilson, Democratic | Former Hedge Fund Manager, Candidate for New York City Mayor

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Whitney Tilson Discusses New York Mayoral Race, Endorsement of Andrew Cuomo, and Key City Issues

Published | Video Starts at 01:20

And we're in the process, slowly, too slowly, rolling some of that back. But it demoralized police and we've, We're down to a 34 year low in the number of police officers. The good news, however, is that on his fourth attempt as fourth police commissioner in three years, Eric Adams, our current mayor, was sort of forced to hire a competent … (01:20–01:24)

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