NYPD to Shrink to 1990s Levels Under ‘Painful’ Budget Cuts
- NYC also plans to reduce trash pickups, pre-K programs
- Budget moves come as city copes with growing migrant crisis
A New York City Police Department officer at a subway station in New York.
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New York City will hold off on hiring new police officers, reduce trash pickups, make cuts to the city’s pre-kindergarten programs and lower spending on services for migrants to slash the city’s $110.5 billion budget.
The 5% reduction will affect services for many New Yorkers and effectively trim the city’s police force to its smallest size since the 1990s by summer 2025, city budget officials said.