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Where is the money going? Anyone got a copy of the budget? Haha. I am always so interested in how NYC’s bureaucracy comes out with these crazy decisions.
by squirrel6 3y ago
Where is the money going? Anyone got a copy of the budget? Haha. I am always so interested in how NYC’s bureaucracy comes out with these crazy decisions.
- woodruffw 3y agoThe city's budget documents for the current fiscal year are here[1]. The NYPD doesn't appear to publish their own "internal" budget, but many details can be gleaned from their finance committee reports[2]. A large part of the NYPD's budget goes to wages, in parts because of (1) bloated wages for senior officers, and (2) rampant overtime abuse[3]. Some of that money would be recaptured in the form of income taxes, except that the NYPD has successfully lobbied to exclude itself from NYC's civil servant residency requirements[4]. [1]: https://council.nyc.gov/budget/fy2023/ https://council.nyc.gov/budget/fy2023/ [2]: https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2023/05/NYPD.pdf https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2... [3]: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/nypd-overspending-on-overtime-grew-dramatically-in-recent-years/ https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/nypd-overspending-on-ov... [4]: https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/careers/police-officers/po-hiring.page https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/careers/police-officers/po-hir...