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Crime group president notes NYPD headcount concerns

Sunday February 10, 2013 12:16 PM By Dan Janison

Given the thousands of NYC uniformed-service employees who reside in Nassau and Suffolk and in the northern suburbs, it was reported here on Friday that mayoral candidate William C. Thompson Jr. says if elected he'd look to restore the NYPD headcount to 37,000 officers -- though it wouldn't be done immediately.

Richard Aborn, president of the non-profit Citizens Crime Commission in the city,...

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