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Feliz questions Tisch and Ryan on World Cup overtime costs

New York City Council · Jun 1, 2026 · starts 1:10:01 · 3 min 12 sec

Feliz asks about projected overtime for the World Cup week. Tisch and Ryan project $35-42M for July 1-7, approximately $73M total for all overlapping events, with $12.4M for equipment and $6.5M for drones, totaling $92M against $71M currently budgeted.

Oswald J. Feliz

Approximately how many police officers would this apply to?

Oswald J. Feliz

You said a vast majority.

Oswald J. Feliz

Would you say more than 80%?

Oswald J. Feliz

80, 90?

Jessica Tisch

I don't want to give an actual...

Jessica Tisch

percentage, what I can say is that the chief of department is going to issue guidance.

Jessica Tisch

to each bureau and once we have that guidance, we will let your office know what percentage it applied to.

Oswald J. Feliz

How much overtime is projected for that week of the World Cup?

Jessica Tisch

Can you give the numbers?

Jessica Tisch

Well, for the World Cup or the July 1st to July 7th?

Jessica Tisch

Because like, remember, we've got

Jessica Tisch

July 4th, Sail 250, which is like the president's military parade in New York City.

Jessica Tisch

NBA Finals, World Cup, all as potentially Taylor Swift's wedding.

Jessica Tisch

I'm kidding.

Jessica Tisch

But all as...

Jessica Tisch

Overlapping events in New York City between June 11th and July 19th.

Jessica Tisch

Any one of those on their own would be a big deal in New York City.

Jessica Tisch

All of them taken together are unprecedented and are going to place

Jessica Tisch

unusual and I would say historic demands on the New York City Police Department.

Jessica Tisch

So Christine, can you go through the July 1st to July 7th, what that dollar value projection is, and then also for the World Cup specifically?

Christine Ryan

So these projections are preliminary, but for the July 1st through July 7th, our projection order of magnitude is that will cost between $35 to $42 million for that period.

Christine Ryan

overall for FIFA and the and sale 250 so this entire time of all of these overlapping events

Christine Ryan

we believe over time is projected about 73 million on top of that obviously there's equipment that the department needs to make sure that we're able to keep everything safe secure and also manage the crowds that's 12.4 million

Christine Ryan

and then there's 6.5 million for drone equipment so in total the estimate right now is 92 million dollars the good news is that the budget that you've all looked at already really accounts for on the city side

Christine Ryan

about $50 million, and then there's another $21 million in federal funding.

Christine Ryan

So there's $71 million that we're accounting for.

Christine Ryan

All the federal funding's not quite reflected yet, but that does leave a shortfall of about $20 to $21 million based on projections.

Jessica Tisch

I will just add that the federal government slash FIFA did not give us nearly enough money to cover the overtime bill on the New York City Police Department.

Jessica Tisch

Christine, how much did people give us?

Jessica Tisch

$14 million?

Christine Ryan

So they gave us $14.6 for the overtime, toward overtime, and $6.5 for counter-drone equipment.

Christine Ryan

We are having conversations about potentially getting more, but that's not determined yet.