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NEW YORK — New York City won’t freeze hiring of police officers or lay off disabled firefighters this fiscal year after all, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday, saying he’s able to call off the planned NYPD and FDNY cuts thanks to “better than anticipated” tax revenues and a reduction in projected migrant crisis spending. In an afternoon press conference at City Hall, Adams said the reversal will allow the NYPD to proceed with a new Police Academy class in April that got canceled as part of a laundry list of municipal budget cuts announced in November. Thanks to the reinstatement of the clas…

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