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The new leadership of

New York City is keeping it Safe

This new leadership team will continue to bring crime down, reduce transit crime, reduce car thefts and

enhance the NYPD’s focus on quality-of-life issues like retail theft. They are New York’s finest and understand

the importance of both safety and justice. And they reflect who we are as a city. Diverse and full of hustle

ERIC ADAMS

ERIC ADAMS

s Mayor of New York, I know
just how important public
Asafety is to our city, and how
important the right leadership is in
achieving it. Over the last 18 months,
this Administration has made major
progress driving down major crime,
and last week I named a new leader-
ship team at the NYPD that will con- These are the new faces of the NYPD. They are from immigrant families, Hispanic, Black, and female.
tinue to improve safety across our city This is an NYPD that looks like the people they serve (File photo)
and keep New York the safest big city
in America.
This new team is not just making bly be one of the most significant and on the historic work begun by Police the five boroughs. This is progress.
news – they are making history. Po- emotional moments for me. Eddie Commissioner Sewell. And it is clear, New York City is not
lice Commissioner Edward Caban is blue-collar. He is a working New When we came into office in coming back, we are back. But we
is the first Hispanic Police Commis- Yorker. His story is a New York City January 2022, our city was on the still have much to left to do.
sioner in our city’s history, bringing story. His father was a transit cop brink. Together with Commissioner This new leadership team will
decades of experience and leader- when I was a transit cop. And as the Sewell’s leadership, we made major continue to bring crime down, re-
ship to this role. Our incoming First head of the Transit Police Hispanic strides and turned the tide on the duce transit crime, reduce car thefts
Deputy Commissioner, Tania Kin- Society, Eddie’s father fought for di- most violent crimes. Shootings are and enhance the NYPD’s focus on
sella, is the first woman of color to versity every day to improve the rank down. Murders are down. Overall quality-of-life issues like retail theft.
serve in this role. Rebecca Weiner, and file of the NYPD. And now his crime is down. We have seized over They are New York’s finest and un-
our new Deputy Commissioner for son is the Police Commissioner. 10,000 guns from our streets since derstand the importance of both
Intelligence and Counterterrorism, These are the new faces of the coming into office, disrupting the safety and justice. And they reflect
is also the first woman to serve in her NYPD. They are from immigrant iron pipeline. Hate crimes are down. who we are as a city. Diverse and
position. families, Hispanic, Black, and female. And our subways are getting safer. full of hustle. This is an amazing mo-
And when I reflect on my time as This is an NYPD that looks like the We have recovered 99.9% of ment for our city. This team has the
being mayor of this great city, the ap- people they serve. They all bring im- pre-pandemic private sector jobs, right leaders for right now.
pointment of Edward Caban as the pressive credentials and a record of and tourists are filling our Broadway Eric Adams is
new Police Commissioner will proba- success to their roles and will build theaters and spending money across the Mayor of New York City, NY

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