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Mayor Cuts NYPD Budget Amid $5.4 Billion Deficit

2/19/2026

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Zohran Mamdani, the Mayor of New York City, is cutting the city budget, including a $22 million reduction in the NYPD’s $6.4 billion budget.
He canceled plans to hire 5,000 additional officers and kept the police headcount capped at about 35,000.
He cites a budget crisis, noting his administration reduced a $12 billion deficit to $5.4 billion while proposing higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations to balance the books.

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Zohran Mamdani, the Mayor of New York City, is cutting the city budget, including a $22 million reduction in the NYPD’s $6.4 billion budget.
He canceled plans to hire 5,000 additional officers and kept the police headcount capped at about 35,000.
He cites a budget crisis, noting his administration reduced a $12 billion deficit to $5.4 billion while proposing higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations to balance the books.