Mayor Zohran Mamdani formally killed his predecessor’s lofty plans to add thousands of cops to the NYPD ranks, the latest budget figures show.
Eric Adams tried to force the new mayor’s hand last year by boosting the rank of the department by more than 5,000 in the coming in his outgoing budget estimates.
If followed through, the NYPD would have surged to 40,000, the highest levels in more than 20 years.
Mamdani, then a mayoral candidate, was quick to shoot down the idea, telling reporters the NYPD would not get more than 35,000 officers in his future budgets.
“It’s not a question of headcount. It’s a question of safety,” he previously said when pressed about Adams’ plan, which would still need approval by whoever took over City Hall.
