Trump rails against crime situation in New York in visit to Harlem | TFC News New York, USA
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One more year! One more year!
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Former President Donald Trump was in Harlem on Tuesday to visit a convenience store to speak to workers and officials about New York City's crime.
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Trump, who is on trial in Manhattan charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for his alleged role in a hush money scheme before the 2016 election,
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once again said he did nothing wrong.
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This is ridiculous. And also, there's no crime. You know where the crime is? In the bodegas where they come and rob them every week.
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There has been an increase in robberies and assaults in New York City in the past three months, according to a recent NYPD crime statistics report.
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There's a lot of assaults happening in the subway, so you have to be a true New Yorker now.
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You have to be super alert, super vigilant, and just be aware of any kind of criminality that's afoot.
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That might occur in your presence or, you know, in your travels.
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Michael Alcazar, who worked at the NYPD for more than 30 years, says he's seen what works when it comes to tackling crime.
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The key is to address crime while it's small before it becomes a bigger problem.
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It means we have to address, like, quality of life issues, right?
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If you see peddlers on the street, you have to summon them.
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If you see panhandling, you have to summon them.
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If you see street prostitution, we have to arrest them, right?
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If there's disorderly groups, we have to disband them.
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And when we don't address them, it just emboldens the criminals.
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When they see that the police are neglecting smaller violations, they graduate to bigger crimes.
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And I think that's what's happening now.
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There have been some efforts to ease worries among the city's 8 million population, including getting help from the state.
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The governor last month deployed hundreds of National Guard members and state police officers to help patrol the subway systems.
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Overall crime, according to the NYPD, dropped 5% in March 2024 compared to the same month last year.
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Murder and shooting incidents are down 17 and 18% respectively in the last three months.
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There are hundreds of murderers all over the city. They know who they are. They don't pick them up.
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They go after Trump.
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The presumptive Republican presidential nominee says his visit to the store was to show his commitment to keeping law and order in the city.
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We're going to work with the mayor. We're going to work with the governor. Democrats. I'll work with Democrats. We have to straighten out New York.
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Meanwhile, the jury selection process in his criminal trial continues this week.
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Opening statements are expected to happen next week.
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The trial itself may take two months.
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Justice Merchant said he could hold hearings on Wednesdays, which previously was going to be an off day.
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Laila Amadin-Thornhill, ABS-CBN News, Manhattan, New York.
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For more information, visit www.fema.gov.
