New York City’s new budget does not include a potential police department headcount boost authorization that had been on the table, reports indicate.
Big Apple Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, said during a Tuesday press conference, “So, I’ve been talking to all agency heads about ways to find savings, and Commissioner Tisch and I were able to identify ways to keep the NYPD headcount at the originally authorized 35,000 while also meeting all of our crime-fighting needs and implementing the new programs that were announced earlier this year.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the mayor’s office on Wednesday…