The survey indicates a shift in favor of police, compared with last summer when Democrats said they supported defunding the department.
presence throughout the city. The same survey also found 77 percent of Black Democrats said they favor more cops in the subways.
An NYPD car is seen near the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Midtown on December 4, 2020 in New York City. A recent poll of Democratic voters found they want more of a police presence in the city.After a period in which violent crime reached its lowest levels in more than six decades, the city saw a dramatic spike in such crimes during the pandemic, a trend that's continued even as COVID-19 rates decrease.
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