A new NYPD report provides a rare three-month snapshot of police overtime – a long-running source of controversial public spending that has reached a crisis point under the direct oversight of New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
The data, quietly published by the department last week, is broken down by rank and command, giving a more granular picture of overtime than what is typically available to the public. It shows that some units with high rates of alleged police misconduct account for outsize levels of overtime spending.
The NYPD released the data on the same day that Jeffrey Maddrey, the top uniformed cop and a close ally of the mayor, was suspended after being accused of trading sex for overtime. Several high-ranking members of the department have been ousted amid a swirl of investigations and legal issues — including but not limited to overtime abuse — while the embattled mayor, who is a former cop himself, fights a federal corruption case and runs for re-election. Former Commissioner Bill Bratton said it appeared that protocols meant to manage overtime had broken down under Adams…