New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has approved a major increase in NYPD overtime spending this summer, signing off on a plan that will place most of the department's uniformed officers on 12-hour shifts during a week packed with large-scale events including the World Cup, July 4 celebrations and Sail250 festivities.
In a memo sent Wednesday to roughly 34,400 uniformed officers, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said a "majority" of officers would work extended shifts between July 1 and July 7 because of "unprecedented demands" tied to the city's crowded summer calendar and what she described as a "heightened threat environment."
