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NYPD FREEZE ON NEW RECRUITS AMONG LOOMING NYC BUDGET CUTS AS MIGRANT CRISIS
WORSENS: SOURCES

By Craig McCarthy, Carl Campanile and Emily Crane

Published Nov. 15, 2023
Updated Nov. 15, 2023, 3:35 p.m. ET


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Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is planning to cut the NYPD’s next police
academy class as part of a sweeping reduction in the city budget caused
primarily by the multi-billion-dollar migrant crisis, the Post has learned.

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The axing of the new recruits  — which will be officially announced Thursday
along with numerous other budget cuts  — will decimate an already strained
department that has seen massive losses since the COVID-19 pandemic, sources
said.

“That’s the biggest one,” one source told The Post of the looming NYPD cuts.

The pending academy freeze comes as an already-struggling NYPD battle to replace
the nearly 3,000 uniformed officers who have retired and quit since 2019 – and
as overall crime is yet to drop after surging 30% during Adams’ first year in
office.

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“This is going to turn the NYPD staffing crisis into a public safety
disaster,” Police Benevolent Association president, Patrick Hendry, said of the
expected budget slashing.

“Our police officers are being worked to exhaustion, and 911 response times are
already rising. What is going to happen when no reinforcements arrive for months
on end? Cutting cops puts New Yorkers at risk, period.”

Mayor Eric Adams had given all city departments until this month to slash an
initial 5% from their budgets amid the worsening migrant crisis. AFP via Getty
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Under the NYPD’s budget for the 2024 fiscal year, the department had the cash to
hire 1,460 uniformed officers. The future academy class was expected to fill a
large number of those roles after graduation.

The expected cuts come after Hizzoner gave all city departments until this month
to slash an initial 5% from their budgets — and warned they should brace for an
additional two rounds, totaling another 10%, early next year in response to the
ever-growing costs of the migrant crisis.


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“Our agencies have done an amazing job of going in, finding efficiencies 3%, 3%.
But now to have them go back and find 5%,” the mayor said on 77 WABC Radio’s
Miller Report podcast on Wednesday ahead of the looming cuts announcement.

“You know, looking at $5 billion in what’s called the November plan, we have to
readjust our budget.”

He added, “It’s just horrendous and it’s painful. It’s going to hurt our
services a lot.”

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In addition to axing new police academy classes, Hizzoner is also slated to
slash migrant spending by 20% and scale back Sanitation Department litter basket
pickups, multiple sources said.

“Everything is being cut. Nothing is being held harmless,” a source briefed by
the city’s budget director, Jacques Jiha, told The Post.

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Department of Education funding for pre-k and 3K is also expected to be scaled
back to be based on actual enrollment figures, rather than seat numbers,
according to a source.

Cuts to the Civilian Complaint Review Board and the Board of Corrections are
also expected, the source added.

The budget trimmings come after Adams estimated the surging migrant crisis will
set the city back $12 billion over the next three fiscal years.


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