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Q-Teams: Addressing Quality

of Life Issues Across Our City

The reality is that the vast majority of New Yorkers haven’t been the victim of crime;

most haven’t even witnessed one. But what all of us have lived with is the slow and gradual breakdown
of the things that make a neighborhood feel like home

ERIC ADAMS

ew Yorkers love their city, but
they are very clear about what
Nthey don’t love about living
here: noise, trash, illegal vending,
open-air drug use, reckless driving,
double parking, and other everyday
offenses. These and many other qual-
ity-of-life issues affect not just the re-
ality of public safety, but the feeling Starting next month, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn will start seeing Q-teams on the streets, combating the low-level crime,
of safety that makes life in our city
possible. disorder and chaos (Agency file photo)
As we have so often said, public
safety is about more than just crime The impact was immediate and back the “broken windows” style po- make a neighborhood feel like home.
statistics; it’s about what people see undeniable, and now we are gearing licing of the past; it’s about respond- That’s what our Q-Teams are out to
and feel when they walk out their up to expand our Q-teams citywide. ing to real complaints from real peo- change. Going forward, New Yorkers
front door. That is why, earlier this Starting next month, Manhattan, the ple in real time, and fixing the issues can be confident that we are address-
year, we launched a pilot program Bronx, and Brooklyn will start seeing they’re dealing with every day. This ing chaos and disorder whenever we
launching our new NYPD Quality Q-teams on the streets, combating program isn’t about making arrests; find it. Whether it is scooters flying
of Life Division, and the first 60 days the low-level crime, disorder and it’s about making a difference. down the sidewalk, noise that keeps
have been a resounding success. chaos that, left unchecked, can un- Since day one, our administra- you up at night, or an abandoned car
In just six pilot commands, our dermine public safety and public con- tion has been clear: We will not tol- that hasn’t moved in a month, our
localized, precinct-based “Q-Teams” fidence. Queens, Staten Island, and erate an atmosphere where anything Q-Teams will respond.
have answered more than 7,500 all remaining Police Service Areas goes, and we have made record prog- We are committed to keep-
complaints for quality-of-life related will follow shortly in August. ress in delivering a safer city for New ing New York the safest big city in
offenses. Using “Q-Stat” — a pro- This expansion can’t happen Yorkers. We are now in our sixth America, and the best place to raise
gram modeled after CompStat — our soon enough. When we look at what straight quarter of decreasing crime, a family. We are doing that by mak-
Q-teams have made more than 350 these teams have already accom- with the lowest number of shootings ing it even safer, cleaner, and more
arrests and issued over 6,100 sum- plished in just two months and all and homicides in recorded history for responsive to the people who live and
monses. They’ve towed nearly 3,500 the problems that they’ve solved, it’s the first five months of this year. work here. We’ll keep listening and
abandoned vehicles, seized approx- clear why we are scaling it up on such The reality is that the vast ma- we’ll keep adapting, working closely
imately 200 illegal e-bikes, mopeds an aggressive timeline. jority of New Yorkers haven’t been with communities to build neighbor-
and scooters, shut down problematic But while our timeline may be the victim of crime; most haven’t hoods where everyone feels safe and
smoke shops, cleaned up encamp- aggressive, our methods and moti- even witnessed one. But what all of at home.
ments, and helped people living on vations are not. These efforts are us have lived with is the slow and Eric Adams is the Mayor of
the streets connect with services. not about making arrests or bringing gradual breakdown of the things that New York City, NY

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