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The police budget is ~6 billion, out of about a $110.5 billion budget [0] https://www.nyc.gov/site/omb/publications/agency-budgets-projections.page?projection=
by David_Axelrod 3y ago
The police budget is ~6 billion, out of about a $110.5 billion budget
[0] https://www.nyc.gov/site/omb/publications/agency-budgets-projections.page?projection=056 https://www.nyc.gov/site/omb/publications/agency-budgets-pro...
[1] https://www.nyc.gov/assets/omb/downloads/pdf/fp11-23.pdf https://www.nyc.gov/assets/omb/downloads/pdf/fp11-23.pdf
- syspec 3y agoThat's too high for what they do (or don't do)
- woodruffw 3y agoThat's before overtime, which the NYPD routinely abuses to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars annually[1]. [1]: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/nypd-overspending-on-overtime-grew-dramatically-in-recent-years/ https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/nypd-overspending-on-ov...
- Avshalom 3y agogreat thats a billion dollars left for them after NYC covers the budget shortfall.