NYPD 911 Response Times and City Council Budget Preferences

NYPD 911 response time data is analyzed alongside New York City council members' preferences regarding a proposed $1 billion budget cut to the police department in FY2021. The dataset, created by researcher Elisa Wirsching, supports a study on bureaucratic shirking as a political tool. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between council members' budget_cut_preferences and changes in 911_response_times using difference-in-differences models.
• Model spatial patterns in police effort by examining response_time data across different city council districts.
• Investigate temporal trends in service provision before and after political events related to the FY2021 budget proposal.

Strengths

• Data is linked to a specific, high-stakes political event: the FY2021 $1 billion NYPD budget cut proposal.
• Supports causal inference designs like difference-in-differences and spatial difference-in-discontinuities.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and sample data are unavailable for assessment.
• Geographic scope is limited to New York City, limiting generalizability to other municipalities.
• Temporal coverage is focused around a single budget cycle, providing a narrow time window for analysis.

Provenance

Source

New York Police Department (NYPD) 911 data and New York City Council records.

Collection Method

Data assembled for academic research employing quasi-experimental designs.

Time Range

Centered on Fiscal Year 2021.

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026.

Geography

New York City, specifically its council districts.