Seattle City Council on Monday approved measures that would cut up to 100 police positions and 1 percent of the department’s budget. The proposal, which was opposed by Protestants of Black Lives Matter and opposed by Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) and Police Chief Carmen Best, would take less than $ …
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that he came up with a plan to cut or transfer $ 1 billion from the New York Police Department’s $ 6 billion budget and would not guarantee that department staff will not be reduced, even to As shootings increase throughout the city. “I …
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that the NYPD’s $ 6 billion budget cuts would be “very, very substantial” amid calls to cut $ 1 billion from the department’s coffers. “We are working with the City Council at this time. We don’t have a final dollar figure, but we will …
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More than 20,000 city employees in all city agencies could lose their jobs to create $ 1 billion in cuts needed to balance the budget with the coronavirus-hungry coffers of the Big Apple, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. “Closing the $ 1 billion gap would mean laying off 22,000 …
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