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Mayor’s plan to boost NYPD ranks won’t make up for losses, PBA says

Contends promise of 5,000 officers insufficient to make up for departures 

BY RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 11/7/25

The head of the NYPD’s largest union is skeptical that Mayor Eric Adams’ pledge to boost the number of cops by 5,000 within a few years can ease the department’s attrition challenges.

Adams last week said his administration would dedicate funding to bolster the NYPD’s ranks by that many officers over the next three years, and bring the number of cops to 40,000, the department’s largest headcount in two decades.

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