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Correction Dept. One Agency Mayor Eyes For Major Infusion

By MARK TOOR
Posted 2/13/15

Mayor de Blasio’s preliminary budget for the beleaguered Department of Correction allocates a $54-million increase in spending to cover, among other things, 318 new uniformed officers and an additional 71 civilians.

Mr. de Blasio said in his presentation Feb. 9 that the additional funds would help the city change “practices of the past that we found unhelpful and unfair.”

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