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A whopping 13,931 "workplace injuries" happened during the fiscal year ending June 30.
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A whopping 13,931 “workplace injuries” happened during the
fiscal year ending June 30 – up 177% over the 5,023
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The injury surge – the highest since the annual report began
documenting the statistics in fiscal 2013 – is attributed in part
to police officers and other staffers developing COVID-19 in
the “line of duty,” according to the NYPD.
When pressed Friday about the massive increase, the NYPD
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The agency said it now believes 10,048 workplace injuries
took place that period — not the reported 5,023. With the 101,797
increased by 38.6% in fiscal 2022.

The report doesn’t specify how many injuries are related to COVID-19, but separate NYPD data reviewed
by The Post shows cops reported suffering 4,261 on-duty “physical” injuries — excluding COVID — in
fiscal 2022, a 25% increase over 3,392 the previous year and 4% above the 4,098 recorded in pre-
fiscal 2019.

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Prior to the pandemic, the NYPD was reporting only about half the amount of on-job injuries per year in the management
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The Fiscal 2022 Mayor’s Management Report covers the final six months of de Blasio’s administration
and the first six months Adams was in office.

The NYPD declined to elaborate on how it reached its new conclusions, but said in a vague statement the Now on
new management report “reflects a unique period that spans two mayoral administrations and the
resumption of in-person services following suspensions during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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The agency attributed 33% of the 10,048 workplace injuries in fiscal 2021 to staffers getting COVID-19 on
duty, adding that a “majority” of the 13,931 workplace injuries last fiscal year were also pandemic-related.
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Prior to the pandemic, the NYPD was reporting only about half the amount of on-job injuries per year in
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In fiscal 2019, there were 6,654 reported workplace injuries, compared to 9,159 the following year, which
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