The NYPD under boss Jessica Tisch this year is blowing away record lows on shootings, and coming impressively close on murders. Kudos to her and the force.
The big question now: Can Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdanikeep up the momentum, even with his anti-cop agenda?
Start with homicides, which plunged to just 297 through Dec. 21. Yes, that’s 297 too many needless deaths, but it’s 20% fewer than the 377 killings in 2024, and likely to beat out the number in 2019 (319), the year before cashless-bail kicked and murders started soaring.
Need more? For the first 11 months of this year, the city actually broke the all-time low for shootings set in 2018, with 44 fewer incidents (652 vs. 696) and 16 fewer victims (812 vs. 828).
And get this: “NYC has recorded 1,000 FEWER shooting victims than in 2021,” tweeted Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Christmas Eve.
That’s the best Christmas gift the city could get.
True, other cities are also seeingbig drops in their murder rates: Chicago, which has had appallingly high numbers of murders, saw a 28% drop; Washington, DC, where President Donald Trump deployed troops, nearly 28%.
But in Gotham, after a mixed few years, Mayor Eric Adams can take credit for keeping his 2021 campaign vow to roll back violent crime.
Misguided criminal-justice reforms, plus soft-on-crime judges and prosecutors gave criminals free rein to wreak havoc, and major felonies are still on pace this year to come in 25% higher than in 2019.
Toothpaste remains locked behind display cases.
But Adams and Tisch focused resources on violent recidivists, high-crime areas, gangs and illegal guns, and it’s made a difference.
During one remarkable stretch in the fall, the Big Apple went 12 consecutive days without a homicide.
Now the challenge will be for Team Mamdani to keep it up, even as he looks to defund cops and take other measures that could fuel a crime resurgence.
The ball will be in your hands now, Zoh. Don’t fumble it.
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