The NYPD is preparing for one of its busiest and most expensive summers in years as major international and national events converge across the city, prompting a sharp rise in overtime needs.<\/p>\n
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that the department is entering a \u201crough start\u201d to its fiscal year as officers are assigned 12\u2011hour shifts throughout June and July to cover the NBA finals, FIFA World Cup and America 250 celebrations. <\/p>\n
The NYPD projects it will spend $92 million on overtime between June 11 and July 19. The city budget, however, allocates only about $70 million, leaving a $20 million to $21 million shortfall.<\/p>\n
At a City Hall oversight hearing, Council Member Oswald Feliz questioned whether the city could reduce its reliance on overtime spending while still keeping the city safe. <\/p>\n
Tisch said adding more officers would help reduce overtime, but noted that staffing levels are ultimately a budget decision for the mayor and City Council.<\/p>\n
The commissioner also warned that the strain on the department is growing as Mayor Zohran Mamdani prepares to announce a “robust” slate of public watch parties across all five boroughs, in addition to parades and local celebrations already scheduled.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would like to facilitate a lot,\u201d Tisch said. \u201cPerhaps we won\u2019t be able to facilitate everything, but there will be a lot of celebrating in New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tisch said the NYPD is also focused on security concerns tied to large gatherings, including preventing vehicles from entering crowded watch\u2011party areas. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want cars driving into these watch parties by purpose or by accident,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The mayor has approved an additional 580 officers for the department, which the commissioner notes is a win, and that the NYPD’s hiring plan is on track to reach a headcount of 35,555 officers this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYPD is preparing for one of its busiest and most expensive summers in years as major international…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-251549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}