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Federal crackdown aims to curb violent crime spike in NYC

by Jim Mustian
| October 14, 2020 10:06 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn announced Wednesday that he would put a new priority on firearms and drug cases, seeking stiffer penalties than are being doled out at the state level.

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