NYPD to freeze academy classes as New York City budget crisis looms, sources say

NEW YORK — The NYPD will freeze academy classes for the foreseeable future as the city braces for “extremely painful” spending cuts set to be unveiled by Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday, the New York Daily News has learned. The mayor warned Tuesday that the city budget update he’s expected to release will contain a laundry list of deep cuts impacting every municipal agency and millions of New Yorkers. “In all my time in government, this is probably one of the most painful exercises I’ve gone through,” Adams told reporters when speaking about the forthcoming belt-tightening during a City Hall brie…

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