An effort to trim the NYPD appears to be gaining ground in the City Council, with several members saying that the department should not be immune from budget cuts when other agencies will have to do with less during the city’s fiscal crunch.
During a May 13 teleconference, several Council Members, joined by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, offered a blistering critique of the Mayor’s budgetary priorities and by extension his governing philosophy, with some saying that his progressive rhetoric did not match his actions as the city’s chief executive.
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