Hours after Adams released out his budget plan, city Comptroller Brad Lander already tagged the department’s overtime estimate as “under budgeted.” Public Advocate Jumaane Williams asserted that it essentially protected law enforcement from making sacrifices while shifting the lion’s share of cost-cutting to social services and education.In FY 2023, they reported finding just 1.3% in savings, and in fiscal year 2024, that number will likely rise no higher than 2% in savings, or $105 million, out of the $5.1 billion the NYPD gets in city funding.Budget officials meanwhile said they’re working with the NYPD to fully achieve their expected saving targets.In the last several years, the city’s Independent Budget Office (IBO) has documented how the NYPD has greatly underestimated the amount it would need to spend on cops working extra shifts, with the final bills almost always coming in way over budget.Asked how much the department expected to spend this year on overtime, Adams declined to give a figure, but broadly defended the spending as a legitimate response to crime citywide, specifically in the subways."