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13 October
5:08 pm

Over half a million arrests every year [in New York State].

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Kathy Hochul, at New York Governor General Election Debate (Spectrum News)

5:08 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific annual arrest figure for New York State is verifiable against official crime and law enforcement statistics.
What we foundNew York State annual arrests have been well below 500,000 for at least the past decade, ranging from roughly 258,000 to 428,000 in recent years, not over half a million.
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