The tour got here little greater than a month after Mamdani and the Metropolis Council adopted a price range that held the NYPD’s approved uniformed headcount flat at 35,000 and dropped a beforehand proposed improve of 580 officers.
Police unions have warned that officers are overstretched, whereas Mamdani has sought to broaden the town’s public security technique via a brand new Workplace of Group Security targeted on violence prevention, psychological well being companies and neighborhood partnerships.
Nationwide Evening Out — an annual sequence of group occasions meant to strengthen relationships between police and residents — introduced these approaches collectively. Mamdani credited officers for the town’s falling violence numbers whereas emphasizing the group ties on the middle of his rising security agenda.
Mamdani acquired heat receptions on the Brooklyn and Manhattan occasions that New York News attended. The reception was considerably totally different on Staten Island, the place video confirmed a number of folks booing because the mayor took the stage. Mamdani spoke for roughly 30 seconds earlier than shortly exiting the stage.
Staten Island was the one borough Mamdani misplaced in final yr’s election. He acquired 23.1% of the borough’s vote, in contrast with 55.2% for Andrew Cuomo and 21.2% for Curtis Sliwa. The video from his Tuesday night cease in Richmond County was posted by United Zionists, a pro-Israel group that has repeatedly criticized and protested Mamdani.
Mamdani hears appeals for extra cops in East Harlem
East Harlem residents crowd round Mayor Zohran Mamdani for selfies and handshakes as he leaves the twenty third Precinct’s Nationwide Evening Out occasion on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026.Picture by Lloyd Mitchell
On the twenty third Precinct’s celebration in East Harlem, Mamdani thanked officers for serving to ship what he described as historic ranges of public security.
“I want to say thank you to every man and woman who is serving the NYPD, both in this neighborhood and precinct and across the five boroughs,” Mamdani informed the gang.
The mayor described Nationwide Evening Out as a chance to construct a bridge between legislation enforcement and the communities officers serve.
“We know that the stronger that bridge is, the safer that community is,” he mentioned.
Tisch credited the declines to “focused, precision policing” and deploying officers “where and when they are needed most.”
“None of this happens by accident,” the highest cop mentioned. “It is a direct result of your NYPD cops, the very best in the business, getting out there and doing the work.”
Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal known as Mamdani and Tisch “a perfect pairing,” including that whereas crime was down in Manhattan, “fun is definitely up.”
The NYPD mentioned Monday that the town recorded 381 capturing incidents via July, down from 412 throughout the identical interval final yr. The division reported 149 murders, beneath the earlier seven-month low of 174 recorded in 2017. Total main crime fell 12.7% in July.
The broader crime image was blended. Transit crime rose 1% via July and greater than 10% throughout the month. Reported hate crimes elevated 9.4% yr thus far, whereas rape reviews had been up 3.6%, a rise police partly attributed to a broadened authorized definition of the crime.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-SigalPhoto by Lloyd Mitchell 
The Rev. Felipe Ayala, president of the twenty third Precinct Group Council, receives a proclamation from Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Picture by Lloyd Mitchell
Rev. Felipe Ayala, president of the twenty third Precinct Group Council and one of many neighborhood leaders Mamdani honored with a proclamation, praised the precinct’s group policing work however mentioned East Harlem nonetheless wants extra officers, significantly throughout night hours.
Ayala mentioned present officers had been working longer hours and residents needed a higher police presence.
Ayala didn’t instantly criticize Mamdani’s price range choice or name for the deserted 580-officer enlargement to be revived. His feedback however echoed issues raised by police unions that attrition and lengthy hours are growing the burden on the officers who stay.
Mamdani mentioned that when the price range was adopted, he and Tisch had discovered methods to maintain the NYPD at its “originally authorized” headcount whereas assembly the town’s crime-fighting wants. The division mentioned it may police successfully with the staffing stage funded within the price range.
The choice was praised by Council progressives and police reform advocates, who argued that extra cash ought to as a substitute assist housing, psychological well being care, substance use therapy and financial stability. Police unions and Council Speaker Julie Menin opposed the transfer. Menin mentioned the town wanted extra officers due to terrorism threats, felony assaults, rape and subway crime.
The Police Benevolent Affiliation has additionally tied staffing and retention issues to its push for a brand new contract. The union’s earlier settlement expired Aug. 1, 2025, and the PBA has argued that decrease pay in contrast with different legislation enforcement businesses is contributing to officer departures.
NYPD mounted officers transfer via the gang as residents collect for the twenty third Precinct’s Nationwide Evening Out block social gathering in East HarlemPhoto by Lloyd Mitchell 
Rev. Felipe Ayala, president of the twenty third Precinct Group Council, speaks with New York News throughout the precinct’s Nationwide Evening Out occasion in East Harlem on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026.Picture by Lloyd Mitchell
Ayala mentioned the twenty third Precinct’s community-policing method had remained constant via modifications in mayoral administrations and headcount. He mentioned precinct leaders instruct officers to greet and converse with residents fairly than deal with the neighborhood solely as a spot to patrol.
“Our tone is community first,” Ayala mentioned.
He mentioned he distrusted police when he was youthful however now works with officers “hand in hand almost every day.” Ayala mentioned neighborhood voices and officers working the streets ought to each assist form Mamdani’s growing security technique.
However for the twenty third Precinct, he mentioned, the rapid want was simple.
“The more we can get, the better,” he mentioned of extra officers.
Workplace of Group Security
Mayor Mamdani created the Mayor’s Workplace of Group Security in March as an preliminary step towards the complete metropolis division he promised throughout his marketing campaign.
The workplace coordinates applications associated to gun violence prevention, group psychological well being, crime victims, home and gender-based violence and hate crimes. Its summer time technique requires expanded violence interruption outreach throughout evenings and weekends, youth employment applications and a 72-hour response protocol following shootings.
The technique additionally particularly lists Nationwide Evening Out as a part of the workplace’s effort to strengthen relationships amongst residents, group organizations and authorities businesses.
Metropolis & State reported final week that the workplace had additionally coordinated neighborhood canvassing and assist for victims’ households after latest shootings, whereas directing new funding towards violence interruption applications, hospital-based interventions and cell response groups.
Mamdani didn’t point out the workplace by identify on the Brooklyn or Manhattan stops that New York News attended, however his emphasis on cooperation amongst officers, residents and group teams mirrored the method specified by its summer time plan, which acknowledges that the administration continues to be growing a broader imaginative and prescient for the workplace.
Mamdani arrives at Restoration Plaza for the 79th Precinct’s Nationwide Evening OutPhoto by Lloyd Mitchell
Earlier Tuesday, Mamdani opened his tour at Restoration Plaza in Bedford-Stuyvesant alongside Tisch, Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries and Brooklyn District Lawyer Eric Gonzalez.
Mamdani once more mentioned public security relied on stronger ties between police and residents. He and Tisch introduced a proclamation to Dr. Kim Finest, the longtime president of the 79th Precinct Group Council.
Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, who has ceaselessly clashed politically with the Democratic Socialists of America, nonetheless praised Mamdani’s partnership with Tisch.
“I think the results under the mayor’s leadership and partnership with Jessica Tisch and the NYPD strongly speak for themselves,” Jeffries informed New York News.
Requested whether or not Tisch ought to stay commissioner for the remainder of Mamdani’s time period, Jeffries mentioned she was doing “a tremendous job.” He mentioned he didn’t know sufficient about Mamdani’s proposed Division of Group Security to evaluate it, however pointed to the newest crime figures: “The results speak for themselves right now.”
Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries speaks throughout the 79th Precinct’s Nationwide Evening Out occasion at Restoration Plaza in Mattress-Stuy. Picture by Lloyd Mitchell 
No dangerous blood? Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries embrace throughout the 79th Precinct’s Nationwide Evening Out occasion. Picture by Lloyd Mitchell
The reward adopted a politically sophisticated yr between the 2 Democrats. Final month, Mamdani and Jeffries backed opposing candidates in congressional primaries that pitted the Home Democratic chief’s incumbent allies towards challengers supported by the mayor – together with one backed by NYC-DSA.
Mamdani did, nonetheless, assist head off a DSA problem to Jeffries. As mayor-elect, Mamdani urged NYC-DSA to not endorse Council Member Chi Ossé’s potential major problem to Jeffries, and the group narrowly voted towards doing so.
Kim Finest, president of the 79th Precinct Group Council, mentioned she was proud to obtain her first proclamation from Mamdani, regardless of saying she had acquired greater than 600 awards. Finest mentioned she had seen optimistic modifications within the neighborhood and on the subway and argued that coaching, training and higher group involvement ought to be central to the town’s public-safety technique.
Requested what the town wanted extra of, Finest replied: “They need more people like me.”
