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Mayor Plans To Keep 892 Cops, Axe 6,400 Teachers
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Jen Chung
Published May 6, 2010
Modified May 6, 2010
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Jen Chung
Published May 6, 2010
Modified May 6, 2010
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Thanks to the Times Square car bombing attempt and an uptick in crime (compared to recent years), Mayor Bloomberg is abandoning plans to layoff 892 police officers. His spokesman Stu Loeser issued a statement last night, "The mayor will lay out a budget on Thursday. … It won't include a reduction in the number of police officers out on our streets keeping New York City safe." However, it's expected that teacher layoffs will number between 6,400 and 6,700.
The City Council had pleaded with the Mayor not to cut the NYPD positions after he announced a grim preliminary budget in January. Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Queens), who heads the Council's Public Safety Committee, said, "It's an absolute necessity to have more NYPD officers on the street in light of recent high-profile events."
As for the teacher layoffs, the Post reports that Bloomberg will go through with the cuts unless the state restores nearly $500 million in funding. An insider told the Post, "I would say the teachers had a gun with six bullets in the chamber pointed at their head in January. Now, it's four bullets." But the NY Times spoke to another person about the mayor's overall budget plans, which also include shutting down senior centers and possibly closing firehouses, "The mayor’s not going to be restoring much. It’s going to be devastating. People are going to be screaming."
The City Council and Mayor must agree to a budget by June 30.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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