Most New Yorkers Oppose Defunding the Police: Poll

People sit on the ground at a protest to defund the police in an area demonstrators named "City Hall Autonomous Zone" near City Hall in Lower Manhattan in New York City, N.Y., on June 26, 2020. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

A majority of voters in New York state oppose reducing police department budgets, according to a new Siena poll.

Six out of 10 respondents said they oppose efforts to “defund the police.”