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Council Member Brannan questions NYPD on staffing, budget, and hiring plans
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Council Member Justin Brannan inquires about NYPD's unspent salary funding, current vacancies, and future hiring plans. NYPD representatives, including Deputy Commissioner Kristine Ryan and Commissioner Jessica Tisch, respond with details on budget adjustments, current staffing levels, and ambitious recruitment goals.
- NYPD clarifies that there are no significant unspent funds due to previous budget adjustments
- The department aims to hire 3,500 officers in the current calendar year
- NYPD plans to reach full headcount by fiscal year 2027, with a goal of 35,000 officers by fall of next year
Justin Brannan
0:33:04
I want to jump right into the unspent salary funding.
0:33:09
So over the course of the fiscal year, NYPD hasn't been staffed to its budgeted amount.
0:33:15
We see that there are approximately 1,300 uniform vacancies and 1,600 civilian vacancies.
0:33:23
And we understand the department is trying to hire up to its budgeted amount and the council is supportive of the department doing so, we believe hiring to your full headcount could also offset some of our overtime costs, which is always a topic of interest at the council.
0:33:38
So at this time, how much was budgeted for salaries that hasn't been spent due to vacancies?
Kristine Ryan
0:33:45
So actually at this time we don't have significant personnel accruals because the funding that had been taken tied to restricting our headcount was restored and tied to restoring the classes that we had this year.
0:33:59
So we're actually not anticipating significant accruals in the current year.
0:34:02
The budget was adjusted, frankly, without the headcount being taken down.
0:34:05
So it had been adjusted previously.
0:34:07
So it's pretty in line with what our staffing level
Justin Brannan
0:34:09
So there won't there isn't there isn't unspent funding in the budget due to vacancies?
Gale A. Brewer
0:34:14
No.
0:34:16
Are
Justin Brannan
0:34:18
you planning to self fund any new needs with with any extra money you might have?
Kristine Ryan
0:34:23
We do that on the margins.
0:34:25
If there's small amounts of money, for example, for OTPS or PS, we will mod it around, but nothing significant is anticipated at this time.
Justin Brannan
0:34:31
And when do you project that you'll be able to fill all the vacant positions?
Kristine Ryan
0:34:35
OMB has indicated that we should be able to get to head count based on the funding perspective from fiscal year twenty seven.
0:34:41
We are trying to do as much as we can, as the commissioner said.
0:34:44
In the current calendar year, we're looking to hire 3,500 officers.
0:34:48
We had a class of over 1,000 in January, '7 '60 '9 in April.
Justin Brannan
0:34:52
Are you planning more academy classes that are over 1,000?
Jessica Tisch
0:34:55
Yes.
0:34:57
We are.
0:34:58
We are The mayor has been very clear with us that we are able to hire as many applicants as we can find.
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Right now the goal is 35,000 by fall of next year.
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We had our first class in January of 1,000.
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That was the largest class we've had in about ten years.
0:35:21
Our next class in April was about 800.
0:35:25
We're going for another 1,000 in July and another thousand thereafter.