New York Mayor Eric Adams made good on his promise to slash the city budget when on Thursday he announced sweeping measures that will free police hiring, close libraries on Sundays, and take other drastic measures all to pay for the massive illegal immigrant influx caused by Joe Biden’s border disaster.
“No city should be left to handle a national humanitarian crisis largely on its own, and without the significant and timely support we need from Washington, D.C., today’s budget will be only the beginning,” Adams said as he announced the cuts to the $110 billion budget, The New York Times reported.
The budget cuts will slash the police department to below 30,000. The NYPD covers New York’s five boroughs and nearly 9 million people. School safety agents will also be cut, and Adams said parents should step up and volunteer.
“This is truly a disaster for every New Yorker who cares about safe streets,” police union president Patrick Hendry said. “Cops are already stretched to our breaking point, and these cuts will return us to staffing levels we haven’t seen since the crime epidemic of the ’80s and ’90s. We cannot go back there.”
In September, Adams warned that the illegal immigrant crisis would “destroy New York.” He teamed with other mayors of Democrat-led cities that are buckling under the weight of the new illegal immigrant onslought to petition Biden to give funding or make some changes that would alleviate the stress. Instead of meeting with Biden to state his case, Adams was turned around on his trip to Washington and had to head back to New York amid FBI allegations of fundraising misdeeds during his last campaign.
The education department will also see reduced funding as $1 billion will be pulled from their coffers. This as illegal immigrant children pour into classrooms and are in need of classroom resources. The mayor’s own pet project—composting initiatives in the Bronx and Staten Island—will also be shelved amid the reductions.
“In all my time in government, this is probably one of the most painful exercises I’ve gone through,” Adams said of the cuts.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-eric-adams-slashes-nypd-budget-amid-illegal-immigrant-influx
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