Mamdani OKs 12-hour NYPD shifts for World Cup coverage
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani approved 12-hour NYPD shifts for most uniformed officers from July 1–7 to handle World Cup crowds and other summer events, a move that will boost overtime costs (analysts estimate more than $20 million for July) and could alienate progressive supporters who want to curb police spending, as he defers to Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on the plan.
- Mamdani agrees to put NYPD officers on 12-hour shifts during World Cup Politico
- NYPD officers to work 12-hour shifts beginning of July, citing the World Cup, NBA Finals, Sail250 and Independence Day ABC7 New York
- With NBA Finals, World Cup and America's 250th, NYPD facing "unprecedented demands" this summer CBS News
- NYPD cops will work 12-hour shifts for World Cup, nation's 250th anniversary events in July Newsday
- New York security officials brace for an unprecedented summer Spectrum News NY1
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