NYPD still waiting on reimbursement for protecting Trump Tower
According to Deputy Commissioner John J. Miller, it cost $35 million to protect Trump Tower before the election, and it could continue to rise.
The NYPD is still asking for reimbursement from the federal government for the cost of protecting Trump Tower.
“What this is is, we have an obligation to protect not just the president of the United States while he’s in New York, but also all the residents of Trump Tower both when he’s here and when he’s not here,” Deputy Commissioner John J. Miller told CBS New York on Thursday. “So this is basically an unfunded federal mandate.”
According to Miller, it cost $35 million to protect Trump Tower before the election, and the cost could continue to rise through Trump’s administration.
“So far he hasn’t been here as much as people thought he would be, but put that aside — Trump Tower, where his family lives, it’s his known residence, and now because of his name, it becomes a symbolic target, even when he’s not there,” Miller said.
“And that means not just the residents of Trump Tower, but everything around it becomes part of that protection package,” he added. “But that all counts, and the city shouldn’t have to pay for that from its taxpayers for Washington. It’s not like the U.S. government said, just do this if you guys can fit it in. They said, we need this protection and we’re running up a big bill for New Yorkers.”
