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On the recordJuly 27, 2001
I would point out that many housing authorities around the country have a similar situation where drug elimination funds appear not to be spent because a large number of those dollars are used to recruit and hire police officers. As the gentleman knows, right now in the country we have a phenomenon from coast to coast that there is a decline in the number of people that are coming forward to take these positions. In most cases, New York City being one of them, those funds have already been allocated.
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Anthony Weiner
New York

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Discussing the allocation of drug elimination funds and the hiring of police officers.

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