City on track to pay $100M for NYPD abuse lawsuits this year, Legal Aid Society says
www.nydailynews.com
New York City is on track to pay out more than $100 million in police misconduct payouts for the second year in a row, according to an analysis by the Legal Aid Society. The municipal government ha…
  • SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.deEnglish
    20·
    10 months ago

    That should be payed via the Police Pension Fund. It should be THEIR money and not the public money wasted because of wannabe-rambo characters.

    • Sabin10@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      Idnsayb50/50 split between the pension and next years budget. It should he pretty obvious where they can cut the fat with a 50 million budget cut.

    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      Whenever we’re ready to finally smash the system. The problem is, what everyone would have to do to accomplish that is conveniently already illegal.

  • SpaceBar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    100 million divided by the 8.51 million residents of NYC comes to $11.75 per person.

    It doesn’t seem much money per person, but that’s not the point.