Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa vows to refund NYPD, crack down on protests

GOP mayoral candidate and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa stood outside NYPD’s headquarters in Lower Manhattan Monday and vowed to fully refund the police department’s budget and crack down on disruptive protests if elected.

“We’re going to refund the police,” he declared, surrounded by a clutch of retired NYPD officers at One Police Plaza. “Put that billion dollars back into the budget.”  Sliwa said he wants the department to be back at 38,000 police officers. There are currently about 35,000.