Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed Tuesday that she spoke to President Donald Trump over the weekend about his threats to deploy federal troops into New York City, trying to reassure him she’s got crime under control.

She says the president should ramp down talk about sending in troops.

The president also spoke about his exchange with the governor while explaining why he’d like to send in the National Guard to big cities — including New York.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed Tuesday that she called President Donald Trump last Saturday night, ahead of his executive order targeting states and cities with so-called cashless bail policies

But National Guardsmen are not strangers in New York, Hochul has previously signed off on multiple National Guard deployments, including 1,000

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