LOWER MANHATTAN (WABC) -- Protesters spent the night outside City Hall in Lower Manhattan.
They are demanding $1 billion in cuts from the NYPD's nearly $6 billion budget.
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They are vowing to sleep there through June 30, the day before the City Council's budget deadline.
The protesters are apparently made up of two separate groups.
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They have put out calls on social media for food, sleeping bags, and for local businesses to make restrooms available.
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