Tisch defends overtime management progress
Tisch argues NYPD overtime has never been realistically budgeted, notes the administration took steps to correct this, and presents data showing overtime down 12.4% in CY2025 and 10% in FY26 first three quarters, with FY26 projected 6% below the 10-year historical average in today's dollars.
Sure.
I have a few points on overtime, and then our Deputy Commissioner of Management and Budget, who really knows this inside and out, will add anything I missed.
First, I want to, first, NYPD overtime has never been realistically or appropriately accounted for
in a preliminary budget.
Meaning, the numbers that we get or that you see reflected in the first budget of the year
We know when that budget comes out that they are wildly unrealistic.
This administration took steps in their first budget to correct that by adding a significant amount of funding in the last budget for
NYPD overtime.
That was a meaningful chunk of the problem.
It did not address the entire problem, but is the first time we saw a meaningful attempt to reflect more realistic NYPD overtime numbers in the past four years.
Second, if we take out the transit overtime program, which is net new and which the governor
pays for.
And we put overtime over the past nine or 10 years in today's contract dollars, meaning cops are paid more, so overtime costs go up.
In FY26, we are projected to be below average for the past 10 years.
And so I just want to make sure that that's clear.
Other information on overtime.
In calendar year 2025, as I testified, overtime spend was down 12.4%.
It was $143.6 million less than calendar year 2024.
In FY26, the first three quarters, overtime spend is down 10% compared to the same.
Period in FY25.
In FY26, our full year projection is $1.013 billion, which is $91 million less than FY20.
five, correct, Chris?
And the FY26 overtime spend is projected to be 6%.
I said that's 6% less than the historical average.
Okay.
A couple extra questions on that.