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Post by fakelottotix on Oct 21, 2013 12:01:52 GMT -5
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Post by fakelottotix on Oct 21, 2013 12:03:24 GMT -5
Suozzi said as he joined a protest at the former Fifth Precinct building in Elmont, which is now a lower-staffed community policing center. Suozzi restated his campaign theme that Mangano raised taxes and ran up debt, and then asked the crowd of 75 supporters, "Should we thank him for closing the Fifth Precinct?"
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They roared "no."
Suozzi said the precinct consolidations had increased overtime costs.
"He closed the precinct because he said it would save money, and in fact overtime has gone from $36 million when I left office to $61 million projected this year," Suozzi said
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Post by fakelottotix on Oct 21, 2013 12:04:54 GMT -5
reported in August that police overtime pay was projected to increase by 21 percent by the end of the year compared with last year.
At that time, police Commissioner Thomas V. Dale said the increase was a result of voluntary buyouts, attrition and restructuring that reduced the number of officers. Officials said that planned hirings would reduce overtime costs. In July the county's Office of Management and Budget projected police overtime by the end of the year will be $60 million, $16 million over-budget.
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