New York City's watchdog agency has launched an investigation into allegations that the city's police department improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens.

YouTube Screenshots Today, advocates from across the city delivered testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety urging them prioritize real community safety solutions and demanding a decrease to the NYPD’s over bloated $11.

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is concerned that the NYPD's social media posts target public officials and civilians, putting them in harm's way.

A New York City Council hearing on Thursday got heated at times as it focused on the social media use of officials with the New York City Police Department.It comes amid allegations that the department is improperly using social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens.

City Council leaders grilled the NYPD Thursday over “dangerous, unethical, unprofessional” social media posts by top officials — as well as $168 million in unplanned overtime costs from policing raging anti-Israel protests and migrant shelters.

After two months of speaking their minds on social media, NYPD officials were tight-lipped about their controversial posts at a City Council hearing Thursday as two department executives responsible for most of the tweets were no-shows.