Former NYC Mayor reflects on past police budget cuts and safety measures.
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on ‘Defund the Police’:
“In retrospect, the whole concept of defund the police made no sense. It made sense to say, ‘How can we do better?’”
“We gotta do a lot more for young people to give them positive alternatives, because that’s good for the police too, that’s good for safety too. We’re not disagreeing. This is amazing.”
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“So defund was a mistake, and I understand where it came from, but it was a mistake.”
In July of 2020, then-Mayor de Blasio approved a $1 billion cut to the NYPD’s budget in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. De Blasio seems to be singing a different tune now.
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