NYPD Overtime Spending Has Exceeded Budget by Double for Three Consecutive Years
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Nick Pinto
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Summary
The NYPD's $6.4 billion budget includes $512 million for overtime pay, but the department has consistently spent more than double that amount in each of the last three fiscal years. A new report from the comptroller's office suggests that better planning could help rein in the ballooning overtime costs, which have grown out of control.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThe NYPD has a staggering budget—$6.4 billion for the fiscal year that ends this month—more than the combined budgets of the Fire Department, the Parks Department, the public library system, and the City University of New York system.
Included in this budget is $512 million to pay uniformed police officers overtime when they work outside or beyond their normally assigned hours.
Each of the last three concluded fiscal years, it has spent more than double its OT budget, culminating in last year's al
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