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On the recordApril 12, 2022
There is a horrible tendency. When something goes wrong for people in certain quarters, when maybe it’s commentators, maybe it’s politicians, to suggest that we’ve gone back to the 1970s, when it’s anything but.
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Bill de Blasio
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Addressing misconceptions about crime levels in New York City compared to the past.

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