The inauguration bash for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — who once called cops “wicked” and was a strident police defunder — will require a phalanx of between 350 and 400 officers, sources told The Post.

More cops will be patrolling the Crossroads of the World during Wednesday’s New Year’s Eve celebration as the NYPD starts to employ a secondary screening process for revelers already in the viewing ...

The NYPD touted a record year for hiring new officers, with more than 4,000 fresh recruits sworn in Wednesday — rebutting police union leaders’ claims that an exodus of cops is still plaguing the ...