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The Safest Big City in the US:

Crimes and murders are down in NYC

Thanks to the hard work of NYPD Commissioner Caban, the brave men and women of the NYPD, Deputy Mayor

Banks and his public safety team, and the other commissioners and agencies that have worked hand-in-hand on
our public safety efforts, New York City remains the safest big city in this country

ERIC ADAMS

ince day one, our administra-
tion has been clear about our
Svision for the five boroughs —
creating a city that is safer, more eco-
nomically viable, and more livable
for the 8.3 million hardworking New
Yorkers who call the greatest city in
the world home. I always say that
“public safety is the prerequisite to
prosperity.” That’s why, since com-
ing into office 24 months ago, we’ve
been dedicated to making sure New Transit crime declined in 2023, and the police made almost 2,000 arrests related to auto theft — the highest number in 20 years (File photo)
Yorkers are safer and feel safer.
Two years later, the results are again in 2023, with murders down solutions to uplift the most vulnera- guns, have laid the foundation for
in. Crime has gone down across the 12 percent, and shooting incidents ble in all our communities. our economic recovery. And, in just
city and jobs have gone up. We have down 25 percent — the highest de- Additionally, transit crime de- two years, more than 285,000 jobs
recovered all of the nearly 1 million crease in shooting incidents in our clined in 2023, and we have made have been created under our admin-
private-sector jobs we lost during the city since 1995. almost 2,000 arrests related to auto istration.
pandemic, and New York remains These decreases build off of re- theft — the highest number in 20 Thanks to the hard work of
the economic engine of this nation. ductions that had already begun un- years. And in the last two years, we NYPD Commissioner Caban,
When we came into office in der our administration in 2022. And removed more than 13,500 illegal the brave men and women of the
January 2022, the city was emerging I want to be clear: these aren’t just guns from our streets. NYPD, Deputy Mayor Banks and
from the devastating effects of the numbers — these are lives saved, We know that traffic violence his public safety team, and the
COVID-19 pandemic, and, in just families kept together, and neighbor- is also violence, and so we cracked other commissioners and agen-
one week, an 11-month-old baby was hoods and communities spared from down on illegal scooters and mopeds, cies that have worked hand-in-
shot in the head, police officers were tragedy and trauma. seizing more than 12,500 illegal mo- hand on our public safety efforts,
shot night after night, and NYPD Shootings were also down in all peds and scooters in 2023 — this was New York City remains the safest
Detectives Rivera and Mora were five boroughs — all across our city a 74 percent increase over 2022, and big city in this country.
both murdered. The memory of that — in 2023 as compared to 2022. This the highest number of mopeds and And we are going to make sure it
week will remain with me always. means our model of precision polic- scooters confiscated in New York remains that way by working hard for
But, as of December 31, 2023, ing and our 360-degree approach to City history. New Yorkers each and every day of
it’s official: overall crime was down tackling crime have been working. All these measures taken togeth- 2024, and in the years to come.
in 2023. Both murders and shoot- Our administration continues to sup- er, along with our efforts to continue Eric Adams is the Mayor of
ings were down double digits once port our officers and find upstream the fight against illegal and “ghost” New York City, NY

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