NYC Councilman Joe Borelli says progressive Democrat policies are to blame for the rise in New York homicides – Fox News

Republican New York City Councilman Joe Borelli said Monday the Democrats defund the police "experiment" has failed and has resulted in nationwide rise in crime.

During an appearance on "America Reports" Borelli said cities with "entrenched progressive governments" who have defunded the police have made their cities more dangerous. "Not oneof these cities run byprogressives can say thattheir city is safer than itwas two years ago."

"You don't have to goin a time machine to think back far when a place likeNew York City was the model ofsafe and large global cities.It was literally two years ago. You can only look at thepolicy changes that progressiveDemocrats in Albany aremaking.We talk about hate crime.Democrats enacted bail reform.They had a choice of what theycould put on the bail reformlist or keep it with bail andthey chose not to havehate crimes."

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"There's no more taking politicsout of it.When you have a progressive Democratic government governingyour city it's likely going to beless safe.This is just the reality," Borelli added.

Host John Roberts noted St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones seems to be doubling down on the idea of defunding the police by proposing the city close a jail and divert police funds to social programs.

Borelli responded by criticizing New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for touting the lowest Rikers Island population since World War II.

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"If that corresponded to the lowestcrime rate since World War II,we would have a parade downBroadway, but that's not thecase."

"If we are going to continue downthis road, we already don't haveenough police officers to floodthe streets where all of these other shootingshappen. The majority of the shootingsand the ones that account forthe bulk of the volumeincreases, those are happeningon lesser-known intersectionsaround the five boroughs and wedon't have enough cops to floodthose streets.We need to, but we won'tbecause of progressive Democrats."

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