Officials tout billions in statewide crime reduction spending as one specific Brooklyn precinct continues filing paperwork by hand
ALBANY Governor Hochul’s announcement of nearly four billion dollars in cumulative public safety investment has been met with genuine, if slightly bewildered, appreciation from one specific Brooklyn precinct that has, according to officers there, been waiting on a functioning printer replacement request filed roughly three budget cycles ago.
The Actual State of the Precinct’s Equipment
Officers describe a printer so unreliable that routine paperwork now frequently gets handwritten and later transcribed once the machine cooperates, a workaround one longtime desk sergeant calls “genuinely more efficient than continuing to fight with it.”
How This Compares to the Governor’s Announcement
The billions cited in the state’s broader public safety investment reportedly cover a wide range of initiatives, technology upgrades, staffing, and crime reduction programming, though officers at this particular precinct note none of it has yet trickled down to their specific, considerably more mundane equipment request.
What the Precinct Captain Actually Said
“I believe the money exists somewhere in the broader system,” the captain said, diplomatically, when asked about the printer situation directly. “I just haven’t personally seen it arrive at my building yet, and I’ve been asking politely for a while now.”
The State’s Response When Asked About This Specific Precinct
A spokesperson for the governor’s office noted that large-scale investment announcements reflect systemwide, multi-year rollout plans, and that individual equipment requests move through separate, considerably slower procurement channels unrelated to the headline funding figures.
How Officers Are Handling This in the Meantime
The handwritten-then-transcribed workaround remains standard practice, officers say, alongside a running, mostly good-natured betting pool on which will arrive first, the replacement printer or the next major statewide investment announcement.
Where Things Currently Stand
Still no printer, still four billion dollars announced statewide, and still, according to the desk sergeant, “a pretty good running joke around here at this point.” Further New York City coverage continues at bohiney.com.
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