Overview
- Detectives working an overtime detail fatally shot a machete-wielding man who attacked multiple people on Grand Central’s 4/5/6 platforms during Saturday morning rush hours.
- Those detectives were on a subway overtime initiative that has been scaled back, according to the New York Post and The Post Millennial, which both cite NYPD sources.
- New rules that took effect January 1 reportedly cut allowable subway overtime in half and cap detectives at 40 overtime hours a month with no more than two transit details.
- The NYPD pushed back on claims of subway OT cuts, saying it authorizes 5,000 overtime hours a day in the system and that figure has not changed since January 2025.
- Overtime spending fell about $1.1 billion versus fiscal 2024 after reductions under former mayor Eric Adams, with deeper cuts attributed in coverage to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, as officers warn of thinned subway staffing, pension hits for veterans, and a possible World Cup–related OT bump this summer reported by sources.