Keep this in mind: the City of New York is in dire financial shape, and was before the virus struck. Some are evaluating it as worse than 1975:
Mayor Beame adm, despairing of 11th-hr financial aid from NYS Legis, gives go-ahead for massive munic layoffs under $11.8-billion fiscal '76 'crisis' budget that ushers in period of civic austerity; New Yorkers, as new fiscal yr begins, face loss of services provided by more than 40,000 munic...
www.nytimes.com
The virus has put the city AND the state close to, or into, bankruptcy status (but states can't file for bankruptcy since they can raise taxes as needed).
With the cloud of financial failure hanging over their heads, as well as, again, layoffs within the Uniformed Forces, I don't think the NYPD is going to put any priority on radios, especially when they won't have the manpower to hand out the new radios to, and they have a perfectly good system in place already.
Let's also keep in mind just why the NYPD got a waiver from the narrowbanding requirements: they sought the waiver because of the massive costs involved of narrowbanding...or replacing...the radios and repeaters. And that was several years ago.
And no matter how much money the Federal Government gives NY, it will be a one-shot deal, lasting probably only a few months. That will mandates substantial tax increases down the road which will, no doubt, increase the exodus of taxpaying citizens from NY, making things even worse.
If it cost the city ANY money to activate a new citywide radio system within the near future, it probably won't happen.
So buying a cheap, analog-only radio for your needs may be worthwhile at this point.