New York Police Commissioner William Bratton says he’s optimistic he will be able to hire more officers, even though there was no allotment in the city’s budget for it.

Bratton spoke Thursday after a City Council budget meeting where he detailed how the NYPD’s $4.9 billion budget would be used.

City council members had asked for as many as 1,000 more officers, a measure supported by Bratton. But Mayor Bill de Blasio did not include funding for more officers in his budget.

Bratton didn’t talk about extra police officers at the meeting because they weren’t included in the budget. But he says he’s hopeful the City Council will include more officers.

The City Council had asked for 1,000 more officers last year but the mayor rejected the plan.

(AP)