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Mamdani sacrifices safety by cutting the NYPD: Councilman

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Democrat City Council member Phil Wong represents Central Queens. Here, he questions why Mayor Mamdani’s budget includes no new NYPD officers.

New Yorkers do not judge public safety by City Hall press releases.

They judge it by whether someone answers when a neighborhood is in trouble.

That is why it is so disappointing that Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s $125.8 billion budget does not add a single NYPD officer.

Across the city, precincts answer 911 calls, investigate crimes, patrol streets and handle quality-of-life problems before they become bigger ones.

They cannot do it all when stretched thin.

Mamdani’s $126B budget soars nearly 10% from last year, leaving NYC on verge of fiscal........

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