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Old 06-07-2020, 10:40 PM   #2259
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Originally Posted by wittynickname View Post
In the city of Pittsburgh, the police budget is over 18% of all public funding. The NYPD has a budget of $6 billion.

I've said again and again. The police have the budget to make these changes. Cities have the budgets to make these changes.

Police unions don't want to make these changes.
The $89.3 billion Executive Budget is balanced and was crafted in light of immense fiscal hardship. Facing a $7.4 billion tax revenue hit across FY20 and FY21, the Administration achieved an unprecedented level of savings and took down reserves.


That's 6% of their overall budget.


The mental health aspect is interesting but it's expensive and requires buy in from the patient, which, can be very hard. Policing is just cheaper. That's not to say we should or shouldn't do it, but it's going require money.
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