GOTHAMIST: Mayor Eric Adams Cuts Police Oversight Agency’s Budget By 3%, Among Other City Agencies

NEW YORK CITY: New tough-on-crime mayor, Eric Adams, has cut the Civilian Complaint Review Board’s budget by 3% — along with a number of other city agencies — for the rest of this fiscal year and the foreseeable future, the police watchdog agency’s executive director, Jonathan Darche, said at a monthly board meeting late Wednesday.

“It is going to be a challenging process to make sure that we make choices that allow the agency to continue to function in a way that serves the people,” Darche said, noting that Adams and his new director of the Office of Management and Budget, Jacgues Jiha, approached senior members of city government on Monday night to inform them of a budget gap and that the CCRB was among the agencies being asked to cut spending.

“I want to stress that the mayor spoke strongly of the need to avoid layoffs in meeting this challenge and also stated that the services offered to residents of the city cannot be compromised,” Darche said. “There’s going to be a hold placed on promotions and new hires.”

The CCRB said the move was temporary, and that it could fill open positions by the end of this fiscal year and stay within its budget.

But a reduction in funding and personnel going forward could hinder the oversight agency’s ability to wield a new slate of powers it recently acquired to investigate police misconduct....

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