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Community Op-ED NOVEMBER 14, 2025 | The Indian Eye 12

SCHOOL SAFETY SAVES LIVES:

We Want to Make Sure all New

Yorkers Feel Safe

Our Emergency Alert System (EAS) can be activated from multiple fixed buttons and wireless lanyards within a
school, and it is capable of initiating a 911 response in under 10 seconds without going through a switchboard. This

school-activated EAS will also bypass the New York City 911 call flow and be routed directly to real-time dispatch.

ERIC ADAMS

’ve always said that public safety
is the prerequisite to prosperi-
Ity in our city and it has always
been our administration’s North
Star. We strive to ensure that all
New Yorkers feel safe in their
homes, on the streets, and in other
public spaces — this includes in our
schools where our young people
spend much of their time.
Our students must be able to
feel safe in school so they can focus
on their studies, parents must feel
that they are leaving their children Shootings have also decreased by 55 percent and homicides have declined by 36.5 percent citywide compared to the same period before we
in a secure environment, and our
teachers and staff must feel confi- came into office, and in October 2025, major crimes dropped by 6.5 percent (File photo)
dent that we are keeping them safe
at work so they can focus on teach- (EAS) can be activated from mul- need to be planning for how to re- by 55 percent and homicides have
ing our young ones. tiple fixed buttons and wireless spond in the case of a school shoot- declined by 36.5 percent citywide
That is why our administration lanyards within a school, and it is ing, but sadly, we do not live in an
is proud to announce this country’s capable of initiating a 911 response ideal world — and in our current compared to the same period be-
fore we came into office, and in Oc-
first pilot program that directly in- in under 10 seconds without go- reality, we must be proactive and tober 2025, major crimes dropped
tegrates public schools with New ing through a switchboard. This ready for all possibilities, however
York City’s 911 services. Through school-activated EAS will also by- shocking they may be. by 6.5 percent.
New York City is and remains
this new initiative, we will be able pass the New York City 911 call flow Since we came into office near- the safest big city in America, and
to save lives by providing rapid re- and be routed directly to real-time ly four years ago, our administra- our new EAS will build on our work
sponse in active shooter situations. dispatch. tion has already taken more than to make sure our schools have the
We have tested this program, At the same time, schools will 24,300 illegal guns off our streets,
and now, we are rolling it out to a provide audio and visual cues that and thanks to our proactive public most secure line of defense possible
as we protect our students, teachers,
total of 51 schools across the five notify students and faculty that New safety efforts, shooting incidents and school staff.
boroughs during the 2025-2026 York City 911 has been alerted and and shooting victims are at their
school year, starting with the Spring that their school is on a hard lock- lowest levels in the city’s recorded
Creek campus in Brooklyn. down. history. Eric Adams is the Mayor of
Our Emergency Alert System In an ideal world, we would not Shootings have also decreased New York City, NY

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