The National Dominican Day parade will start two hours earlier and run fewer blocks, with 500 more cops assigned compared to last year, when one man was slashed and the celebration was shut down early, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Friday.

“From my perspective, having looked at what occurred last year and the staffing numbers, we probably underdid the staffing at this parade,” Tisch said at a press conference. “That is one thing we are very intent on fixing this year.”

Chief Joseph Gulotta said there will be 957 uniformed officers assigned to Sunday’s parade, which will start at 11 a.m., instead of 1 p.m., and will run up Fifth Ave. from W. 38th to W. 55th St.

That number, he said, does not include officers from other additional units assigned to the parade, such as the K-9

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