Mayor partially restores police and fire budget cuts, brings migrant cost estimate down

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on January 10, 2024

Just two months after making deep budget cuts across city agencies, Mayor Eric Adams announced he is reversing some widely unpopular trims to the police and fire departments, while also revealing the projected cost of the migrant crisis has gone down by roughly $2 billion.

During an impromptu City Hall press conference on Jan 10, Hizzoner said he will restore one 600-member NYPD academy class of the five he cut in his November Financial Plan as well as funding for the FDNY’s “fifth firefighter” position at 20 engine companies in the department.