New York leaders back push to slash $1 billion from police budget - Business Insider

'It is our job to listen — and to act': NYC leaders respond to calls for police reform by supporting $1 billion slash to NYPD budget

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Heavy police presence is seen as hundreds of Brooklynites joined Democratic congressional Paperboy Prince for a June 12 march, demanding justice for victims of police brutality and pushing to defund the NYPD.City leaders are in favor of cutting the New York Police Department's 2020-2021 budget by $1 billion.

"Reducing uniform headcount through attrition, cutting overtime" and "shifting responsibilities away from the NYPD" are some ways to save money, they wrote.

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