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Mayor to President: Federal Forces Aren't Needed to Keep Peace Here

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 7/28/20

Mayor de Blasio forcefully pushed back against the possible deployment of Federal law-enforcement personnel to New York City that was hinted at by President Trump in recent days, saying that it would set “a dangerous precedent.”

In a July 22 letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, the Mayor said the NYPD was fully capable of curbing the wave of violence that had befallen the city in recent weeks.

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