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De Blasio doubles down on decision not to hire more cops amid crime surge
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Mayor Bill de Blasio doubled down Friday on his controversial decision not to hire more cops even amid the Big Apple’s surging crime wave and after President Biden provided federal funds for the move.
"The money that the president focused was for certain cities that were dealing with much more profound gun-violence problems than New York is," de Blasio claimed during his weekly appearance on Lehrer’s show. "We have a problem, Brian. I’m not trying to minimize it. We have a lot of work to do to turn around. But a number of other American cities unfortunately are going through much, much worse, and that’s where that money was targeted," de Blasio said.More Related News