Top cop hopes funds not cut
POLICE Commissioner James O’Neill said he’s “very optimistic” the feds won’t go through with a $110 million cut to the NYPD’s counterterror operations threatened in President Trump’s budget.
O’Neill went to Washington last week to meet with federal officials, including Sen. Chuck Schumer, and fight the plan to ax the grants.
“The talks were very productive, and they’re receptive to us coming down there, and I look forward to maintaining those grants,” he told the City Council on Thursday. “It’s unclear as to what the outcome’s going to be, but I’m very optimistic about the outcome.”
The budget proposed by Trump would all but wipe out federal funding to the NYPD, taking money used for a network of thousands of security cameras, active shooter training, equipment for the bomb squad and more. makes more than $800,000, far more than any of his rivals, and has received the endorsements of two big unions.
Gonzalez lives in a big apartment building where rents are subsidized under the Mitchell-Lama program.
Rents are determined based on income, and a tenant whose income qualifies them for the subsidy doesn’t become ineligible if their income rises above that level.
Because he makes more than $200,000, the rules allow the landlord to charge him 50% more than the base rent for those with lower incomes.
Housing officials said the problem started after the city approved a rent increase exemption for an elderly tenant in the building, but used the wrong apartment number in the approval process.