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Re:Sunday service suspended at all NYPL locations by David_Axelrod on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:22PM (#38309499)
The police budget is ~6 billion, out of about a $110.5 billion budget

[0] https://www.nyc.gov/site/omb/publications/agency-budgets-pro... [1] https://www.nyc.gov/assets/omb/downloads/pdf/fp11-23.pdf

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Re:Sunday service suspended at all NYPL locations by woodruffw on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:39PM (#38309839)
That's before overtime, which the NYPD routinely abuses to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars annually[1].

[1]: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/nypd-overspending-on-ov...

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Re:Sunday service suspended at all NYPL locations by syspec on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:27PM (#38309586)
That's too high for what they do (or don't do)
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Re:Sunday service suspended at all NYPL locations by Avshalom on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:49PM (#38310059)
great thats a billion dollars left for them after NYC covers the budget shortfall.
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