Budget Cuts Could Shrink NYPD To Its Size In 1990
Under Mayor Bloomberg's proposed city budget, the number of NYPD officers on the streets would fall to its lowest point in 20 years. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that if the Mayor's $46.5 billion budget is approved, the force would lose 892 officers due to attrition while welcoming aboard just 112 recruits—making the NYPD as small as it's been since 1990. With just 32,817 officers, Kelly told the Daily News the cuts would be felt. Because there will be so few rookie cops, the cuts might have a big effect on "Operation Impact"—a policing strategy that puts a large number of new officers in high-crime areas.
Would You Pay $225 for 12 Hours of Theater?
Hey, who's up for a 12 hour theatrical adaptation of a bleak Dostoevsky novel, in Italian with English supertitles? A lot of people, apparently, if the Times's hype-tastic article about a forthcoming production of The Demons is to be believed. It will be staged on Governors Island just twice in July as part of the Lincoln Center Festival, and the Times predicts that those who pay upwards of $175 for the experience will win the "I-was-there bragging rights that a certain brand of New Yorker finds irresistible." If that's you, well too bad because tickets are already sold out. Oh well. In 2005 we saw Gatz, a brilliant 8 hour adaptation of The Great Gatsby, so we're not sweating it either.
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