With New York City in the middle of a fiscal crisis Mayor Eric Adams orders massive budget cuts affecting all city agencies

NEW YORK — News that a pay increase for thousands of NYPD officers is in the works comes as the city is in the middle of a fiscal crisis that has caused the mayor to order massive budget cuts affecting every city agency, including the NYPD. With the influx of asylum seekers placing a massive strain on the city’s budget, in addition to the need to settle labor contracts with all city employees and fear that Albany will hit New York City with a new round of demands, Mayor Eric Adams has ordered city agencies to cut over $1 billion…