> The police should be enforcing property crime.
After they been defunded and got all the public flogging in 2020? Good luck defending yourself now, we are on our own.
After they been defunded and got all the public flogging in 2020? Good luck defending yourself now, we are on our own.
de Blasio’s executive budget proposal has NYPD funding at $5.13 billion for the 2022 fiscal year, ~$230 million more than the budget adopted last year for this fiscal year.
You're accidentally arguing that providing more funding to a multi-billion dollar government union ("fiscal conservatism") doesn't reduce crime. Maybe take a deep breath before you regurgitate your comment the next time.
- Actual spendings for 2019: $5.98 BN, for 2020: $6.09 BN
- Plan for 2021: $5.35 BN, for 2022: $5.42 BN
The actual quote from the report, a few lines below the main chart: "The budget for the current fiscal year is $5.35 billion – the lowest figure since Fiscal 2016, a result of reforms aimed to lower City spending on policing".
[1] https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2...