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Mamdani's policing overhaul puts him on collision course with NYPD

Union leaders balk at overtime reform

BY CARTER MYERS-BROWN
Posted 3/27/26

The growing rift between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the NYPD — one centered on overtime spending and the administration’s push to reconceptualize policing through a new Department of Community Safety — reared its head during public safety budget hearings last week.

Testifying before the City Council last week, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch sought to reassure lawmakers that overtime spending has stabilized.

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