Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch had one fixed and repeated message on Tuesday: “Crime is down. Crime is down. Crime is down.”
Picture by Dean Moses
Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch had one fixed and repeated message on Tuesday: “Crime is down. Crime is down. Crime is down.”
Regardless of chaotic Pleasure celebration that noticed some 50 individuals injured — together with 12 cops — when a person discharged bear spray in a packed Washington Sq. Park hours earlier than one teen woman was stabbed and two others have been shot close to Stonewall Inn, Mayor Adams took a victory lap on July 1 in touting what was referred to as a historic first six months of the 12 months for the NYPD.
Seemingly in marketing campaign mode, Hizzoner charged that he had led the Massive Apple out of darkish, crime-ridden days and has ushered in record-breaking lows since he took workplace, evaluating his Higher East Aspect residence to NYCHA tasks.
“Public housing residents deserve the same safety that I expect in front of Gracie Mansion,” Adams stated throughout the July 1 press convention at One Police Plaza. “Major crime was down in June, crime was down in the second quarter of 2025, crime is down overall this year, and crime is now down for sixth quarter in a row.”
Based on Mayor Adams, shootings within the first six months of 2025 plummeted to the bottom in recorded historical past. He went on to say that since he got here into workplace, shootings have fallen by 54%.
This 12 months, January via June, town recorded 397 taking pictures victims, down 24% from the identical interval final 12 months, and 337 taking pictures incidents, a 23% decline 12 months over 12 months.
Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Picture by Dean Moses
Tisch lauded Adams and the division, railing that the numbers have been made doable because of strategic patrol placements in high-crime areas, some over 40 gang takedowns, the appearance of her new quality-of-life groups, and the pushback in opposition to catch-and-release legal guidelines.
“Mayor Adams made public safety his top priority and ensured this department has the tools, the resources, and the support to get the job done. When the critics come to cut funding, he chose to cut crime,” Tisch stated. “When others tried to make headlines, he chose to make a difference.”
Adams takes purpose at Mamdani
This declaration of victory comes as Adams kicks off his re-election marketing campaign in opposition to Republican Curtis Sliwa and Democratic main nominee Zohran Mamdani, who had a shock victory over favourite Andrew Cuomo. Mamdani has pledged to create psychological well being groups with the intention to unlock cops to fight extra essential crimes.
But Mayor Adams dismissed Mamdani’s imaginative and prescient for the NYPD and psychological well being groups at Tuesday’s press convention.
“This is a moment of having experience, not a moment when you’re doing an experiment, experience over experiment. That’s where we are right now,” Adams charged, imploring the general public to look over the statistics. “Right now, we should not be doing an experiment when we have real results and we have expertise.”
Mayor Eric Adams.Picture by Dean Moses
