[KerrAvon]

Well, give more money to the cops. That'll fix everything.

[David_Axelrod]

The police budget is ~6 billion, out of about a $110.5 billion budget

[0] https://www.nyc.gov/site/omb/publications/agency-budgets-pro... [1] https://www.nyc.gov/assets/omb/downloads/pdf/fp11-23.pdf

[woodruffw]

That'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-ov...

[syspec]

That's too high for what they do (or don't do)

[Avshalom]

great thats a billion dollars left for them after NYC covers the budget shortfall.

[CrazyPyroLinux]

Looks like I hit a nerve - Apparently you can criticize working cops, but not illegal immigrants.

In their own words:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-dh1waEkrk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvmJjhk6Gsg

[pseg134]

The NYPD is skipping an entire Academy class because of the cuts. It was uniform to every city agency.

[NovemberWhiskey]

Five classes if I remember correctly; there are usually four classes per year.