Ron Kim promises to support police after years of backing defund movement

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He loves them, he loves them not. Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim — who once vowed to defund the police — has lately taken to boasting of his pro-police bonafides to voters in his district. Kim, a progressive Democrat who has spent a decade in Albany, finds himself facing a stiff challenge in the June 25 Democratic primary from Yi Andy Chen, a small business owner sitting on $227,149 in campaign cash — significantly more than Kim’s $136,367. A third candidate Dao Yin is also seeking the nomination. 4 Critics are taking a harsh look at Assemblyman Ron Kim’s history of...