The New York Police Department's "work stoppage" in protest of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has been applauded by many as an unintentionally successful way to lower police-community tensions. But city officials are less happy about this, as the city faces an income decrease of about $10 million per week thanks to loss of normal ticket revenue.
As a result, police have been ordered to turn in "activity sheets" — basically explicit quotas — on pain of being refused vacation and sick leave. "Everyone here is under orders — no time off," an officer in Queens told the New York Post. "And the majority of [new] summonses written aren't protecting the public in any way. But now they're realizing how much revenue the city is losing and they’re enforcing their will upon us."
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