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So this is what “Defund the police” translates to in practice: less help for those who need it most.

In the wake of the summer protests and riots after the horrific death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio opted to slash the NYPD’s budget — including its Homeless Outreach Unit, with other city agencies supposedly picking up the slack. But the “social justice” move left hundreds of cases falling through the safety net.

The Post’s Nolan Hicks reports: “Nearly 2,500 complaints to 311 about vagrants desperately needing help or causing problems have been closed without any action by cops who no longer have jurisdiction.”

Per official data obtained by The Post, such cases numbered just 79 in June but skyrocketed 550 percent, to 437, in July. Since then, the monthly figures have remained in triple digits — reaching a high of 681 in August and totaling 2,486 in just the past five months.

This article was sourced from NYPost