Shadowy Man
Contributor
Without a proper analysis we can’t know if the NYPD is over or under funded. So it’s just an emotional argument to say he wants to “cut funding for NYpD” expecting us to have a knee jerk reaction that this is bad.Your linked article says the budget is “mostly untouched”. It says he lowered the cap on officers from 40,000 to 35,000 and the current number of officers is 34,000.He is using it as an excuse to cut funding for NYPD.
Mayor Mamdani proposes cutting NYPD budget; cancels 5k new officer hires