New York's City Hall cuts $US1b from NYPD

Updated July 1 2020 - 3:16pm, first published 3:12pm
New York's City Hall will shift $US1 billion from the policing budget.
New York's City Hall will shift $US1 billion from the policing budget.

New York City lawmakers have approved an austere budget that will shift $US1 billion from policing to education and social services in the coming year, acknowledging protesters' demands to cut police spending - but falling short of what activists sought.

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