Posted 9/11/2023, 11:43:00 PM
NYC Mayor Seeks Cuts to Police Overtime to Help Cover Soaring Costs of Migrant Crisis
- NYC Mayor Adams proposes cutting police overtime to help cover costs of migrant crisis, which could lead many officers to retire
- Cutting overtime doesn't make financial sense since hiring new officers costs more than paying overtime
- All NYC agencies told to cut budgets by 5-15% to cover expected $12B bill for sheltering migrants
- Federal aid needed to avoid cuts to programs like special ed, rent subsidies, sanitation
- Nearly 60k migrants being sheltered now, 110k have come through NYC from southern border since last spring