Rookie Cops Get Hefty Pay Bump In New NYPD Contract

NEW YORK CITY — Rank-and-file NYPD officers will get their first pay increases in six years under a rare union contract agreement struck with City Hall, officials said.

“This is a historic deal: only the third voluntary contract in 30 years,” Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday about the tentative deal with the Police Benevolent Association, which is the city's largest police union.

The deal was announced the same week city agencies received directives to slash their budgets by 4 percent.

As Adams announced the deal, a group of City Council members rallied outside City Hall to decry the potential cuts and bemoan what they called the NYPD's "bloated" budget.

Adams brushed aside the budgetary criticism and argued that boosting NYPD pay would make it "competitive" and provide a better quality of life for cops.

"You can't balance the books on the backs of those who have been providing so much for the city," he said.

The eight-year agreement with the union will boost rookie NYPD officers' pay to $55,000 — about $12,000 more than their current level, the New York Post first reported. The top pay for officers will be $131,500 by the contract's end in 2024, officials said.

The deal also provides retroactive wage increases for rank-and-file cops going back to 2017, officials said. Those pay pumps will start at 2.25 percent and increase to 4 percent by 4 percent, according to City Hall.

The city will also test out 10- and 12-hour tours for officers as a way to both improve officer morale and give the NYPD better flexibility, officials said.

Police Benevolent Association members still have to vote on the proposed contract.