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COMMUNITY OP-ED SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 | The Indian Eye 14

Another Year of ‘Getting Stuff Done’

for New Yorkers

Overall crime rates have fallen over the last fiscal year, driven by another year of double-digit decreases
in murders and shootings. Our police officers are working harder than ever to keep New Yorkers safe,

with more felony crime arrests, more quality-of-life summonses, and more transit enforcement

ERIC ADAMS
I
am proud to be a New Yorker, and
as your mayor, I am even prouder
to announce that our city is getting
safer, stronger, and more affordable
every day. But you don’t have to take
my word for it: just look at the num-
bers. We just released the annual May-
or’s Management Report — our city’s
report card. It details just how much
progress we have made over the last
fiscal year. We’ve driven down crime,
removed tens of thousands of illegal
guns and mopeds from our streets, NYC is building more affordable and supportive housing than ever before. The city has more than doubled the number of affordable units
built record amounts of affordable built and preserved for seniors (Photo: NYC.gov)
housing and new school buildings,
and, most importantly, helped put
billions of dollars back into the pock- And we know that public safety oughs and expanding services to make we helped more New Yorkers in shel-
ets of working-class New Yorkers. is more than just what our police of- our city more affordable. Unemploy- ters get into permanent housing.
Our economy has never been ficers are doing. We are determined ment is down by 8 percent from the This is a small sampling of the
more robust, and our rising job num- to keep people safe as they walk, run, previous year, reaching a rate of just good work we’ve delivered for New
bers and falling crime rates signal a and bike our streets. That’s why we 4.8 percent, with an approximate 30 Yorkers over the last fiscal year. Look-
new era of safety and economic op- installed 27 percent more protected percent decrease in Black and Latino ing over this report, we can see the
portunity for all New Yorkers. bike lanes and 94 percent more speed unemployment. last three years of hard work paying
Overall crime rates have fallen reducers. And it’s why we have seized Our city is also helping put mon- off and delivering results. We know
over the last fiscal year, driven by an- more than 20,000 illegal mopeds and ey back in your pockets, with 25 per- there is a lot of work left to do, and
other year of double-digit decreases scooters — four times as many as last cent more families signed up for sub- we are committed to shining a light on
in murders and shootings. Our po- fiscal year. We are seeing positive re- sidized child care, 19 percent more every aspect of city government, so we
lice officers are working harder than sults already, with fewer traffic fatal- young people who live in NYCHA can do an even better job delivering
ever to keep New Yorkers safe, with ities for pedestrians and traditional housing getting connected with jobs, for New Yorkers in the future. Our
more felony crime arrests, more bicyclists over the last year. and 20 percent more New Yorkers city is moving in the right direction —
quality-of-life summonses, and more We are keeping our city safer and without insurance enrolled to receive and I am proud to lead the team of
transit enforcement. Last fiscal year, cleaner, too. We doubled the rate of low-cost or no-cost health services city workers who are helping us get
we also earned the authority to shut lead abatement at NYCHA proper- through NYC Care. there. Thanks to this administration,
down illegal smoke shops and imme- ties. We cleared catch basins 24 per- We are also building more afford- New York City isn’t just coming back,
diately started “Operation Padlock cent faster to protect New Yorkers able and supportive housing than ever and we’re not just back — we’re bet-
to Protect.” Since then, we’ve shut from flooding. before. In fact, we more than doubled ter than ever.
down more than 1,000 illegal canna- At the same time, we are creating the number of affordable units we Eric Adams is the Mayor of
bis shops. jobs and prosperity across the five bor- built and preserved for seniors. And New York City, NY

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