#De Blasio blames COVID-19, not defunding cops for crime wave in NYC
“#De Blasio blames COVID-19, not defunding cops for crime wave in NYC” September 3, 2020 | 4:48pm Mayor de Blasio insisted Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic and not the $1 billion his administration cut from the NYPD is responsible for the city’s surging violence — even though his own police department statistics tell a very different…