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In addition, the city's financial crisis led to a hiring freeze on all city departments, including the NYPD, from 1976 to 1980. This was followed by the crack cocaine epidemic of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which was one factor in the city's homicide rate soaring to an all-time high. By 1990, New York, a city with 7.3 million people at the ...
Medavoy grew up in suburban Long Island and originally planned to be an English teacher, but due to a school hiring freeze instead followed the example of relatives and joined the NYPD in 1976. He is sometimes dismissed for a lack of street toughness compared to his more blue-collar colleagues who were raised in the city.
First black official NYPD police officer in New York City upon the merger of Brooklyn and Queens. In March 1891 Wiley Overton was the first police officer but resigned after worn down by the racism he faced from fellow officers. In January, 1893, less than two years after his hiring, he resigned his position.
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The MAC insisted that the city make major reforms, including a wage freeze, a major layoff, a subway fare hike, and charging tuition at the City University of New York. The New York State Legislature supported the MAC by passing a law converting the city sales tax and stock transfer tax into state taxes, which when collected were then used as ...
The overtime, plus her $164,477 base salary, pushed Epps’ total compensation past $400,000 — and made her the highest-paid NYPD employee. By comparison, her boss, Maddrey, made roughly ...
NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey seen around New York criminal court during appearance by Former President Donald Trump. / Credit: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
After a SBA (NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association) lawsuit which was expected to succeed failed, officers who had been expecting a favorable settlement began a wildcat strike. [7] This unplanned police strike of 1971 was in violation of the Taylor Act which prohibits police from engaging in job actions. [8] [9] The PBA publicly disavowed the ...