"Former New York City Police Department (NYPD) Chief John Chell blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for walking back the planned hiring of 5,000 more police officers amid a city budget shortfall of billions of dollars, calling it a "recipe for disaster." Mamdani's predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams, proposed at the end of his term that the city hire 5,000 more NYPD officers. Upon entering office, Mamdani moved to cancel all orders signed by Adams after his Sept. 26, 2024, indictment,"
"Under Adams' plan, the NYPD would gradually hire more officers over the coming years, ultimately allowing the NYPD to deploy around 40,000 officers to the streets, while Mamdani's plan caps the number closer to its current level of around 35,000. "We need about 40,000 [officers], and we're roughly close to 34,000. So, cutting back 5,000, we're probably going to lose another close to 4,000 like last year," Chell said Thursday on "Fox & Friends.""
Zohran Mamdani canceled the planned hiring of 5,000 NYPD officers proposed by Eric Adams, citing budget constraints. Adams' proposal would have increased deployment to roughly 40,000 officers; Mamdani's approach caps the force near 35,000. Former NYPD Chief John Chell warned the rollback could further shrink the police force and called the decision a recipe for disaster, linking officer numbers to public safety. Mamdani also proposed higher taxes on the top 1% and threatened a nearly 10% property tax increase if the state does not raise income taxes on the wealthy. The preliminary FY2027 budget identified a large funding gap and presented two paths to balance the books.
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