De Blasio Blames Coronavirus for Spiking Crime, Murder in NYC

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DE BLASIO: “We have to make our streets safe. It’s the number one responsibility of anyone in executive office. And you’re right, in New York City, we’ve been the safest big city in America for years. We’ve had a very tough few months, no doubt, and it is directly related to the Coronavirus, the dislocation it’s caused in our society, the fact that our court system is not functioning yet, so many factors that have been absolutely abhorrent for just the last four or five months. But we will beat it back because we have done that for a quarter century in this city. And Joe, the key is, we will do it. We, the people of New York City. We need the people’s involvement to make the city safer, the NYPD. And if we ever need any assistance, that’s what localities do. When they feel they need assistance, then wait for that request from locality that knows what’s right for its people. But it is not the place of the federal government. It’s never been the place of the federal government to decree that the federal government knows better than the people of a certain city or state who have made the choice of who their leaders are and who their policies are.”