Training & Careers

Budget Shortfall Forces NYPD to Cancel January Recruit Class

November 6, 2008 • by POL Staff

The city is going to cut the work force by 3,000 - including some 500 layoffs - and cancel January's Police Academy class to deal with a two-year budget gap that has grown from $2.3 billion to $4 billion, an administration official said yesterday.

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