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Jake Ashby

Jake Ashby

New York State Senator

Oct 13, 2026

7:13
Mm.
7:13
That's what should happen, right? What's happening is that she's taking that option and ability away, and I believe that's a detriment to public safety.
7:23
You know, we'll leave it up to the courts what's gonna be decided in there, but again, you know, we sponsored a bill early on in this that would remove the task force option, uh, in cooperation with ICE, but would still allow for local jails and sheriffs to see who's occupying their facilities.
7:42
I mean, that's just basic law enforcement.

5 MINS LATER

13:07
Um, and, and where do you think the state then needs to be more efficient at the end of the day to help keep things cheaper, taxes? What, where, what's, where's the first place you would start?
13:19
Well, I think if you look at our spending and, uh, whether it's Hollywood tax credits, whether it's $1.2, uh, billion, I think it was actually $2.1, uh, billion in fraud in Medicaid, there's wasteful spending all throughout the government, right? We need to take a look at that fraud and wasteful spending and look at ways where we can become a place where people want to come and grow their business.
13:45
And whether that's through property tax reduction, I have a bill that would do that, right?

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