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NYPD ANNOUNCES CRIME CONTINUES TO DECLINE IN FEBRUARY 2025, SHATTERS 30-YEAR SHOOTING RECORD

NYPD ANNOUNCES CRIME CONTINUES TO DECLINE IN FEBRUARY 2025, SHATTERS 30-YEAR SHOOTING RECORD
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NYPD ANNOUNCES CRIME CONTINUES TO DECLINE IN FEBRUARY 2025, SHATTERS 30-YEAR SHOOTING RECORD​


March 3, 2025

NYPD ANNOUNCES CRIME CONTINUES TO DECLINE IN FEBRUARY 2025, SHATTERS 30-YEAR SHOOTING RECORD

Major crime down 14.5% across five boroughs for the third month in a row

Subway crime down 15% and double-digit declines in murder, robbery, burglary, grand larceny, and auto theft

New York, New York — Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced today that New York City continued to experience an overall decline in major crime, including on the subways, and broke a 30-year record for the fewest number of shooting incidents in the first two months of the year. In February 2025, there were 1,328 fewer major crime incidents reported – a 14.5% decrease compared to the same period in 2024 (7,821 vs. 9,149). Transit crime was down 15.1% (135 vs. 159) following a significant deployment of officers to the platforms and trains, including overnight. February’s results mark the third consecutive month of double-digit decreases in crime, following a 15.5% decrease in crime in December 2024 and 16.8% decrease in crime in January 2025.

Continuing this strong three-month trend, all five boroughs experienced reductions in six of the seven major crime categories. Robbery saw the most significant decline, down 25.2% (933 vs. 1,248). Grand larceny dropped by 17% (3,081 vs. 3,712), while auto theft decreased by 12.7% (839 vs. 961). Felony assault and burglary also fell, by 6% and 14.7%, respectively.

These results were driven by the use of zone-based policing, or the deployment of officers to hot-spot locations experiencing spikes in crime, and the three-part subway safety plan that was implemented in January. Officers continue to conduct foot patrols in high-crime areas, both above ground and throughout the city’s vast transit system. In February, uniformed presence on subway platforms and cars resulted in increased enforcement efforts, which contributed to a 15.1% reduction in crime at train stations.

“In the first two months of 2025, New York City experienced the fewest number of shooting incidents in the past 30 years, and that, combined with the third consecutive month of double-digit declines in nearly every major crime category, prove that our comprehensive crime fighting strategies are working,” said NYPD Commissioner Tisch. “Whether on the streets or below ground on the subway, New Yorkers are seeing real results. We’re going to continue to make our city safer by listening to our communities, analyzing real-time data, and deploying our resources where they are needed most.”

Since 2022, the NYPD has seized more than 20,500 illegal firearms, including more than 900 so far this year. As a result, in February 2025, shooting incidents decreased by 20.8% compared to February 2024 (42 vs. 53), and there were also 22 fewer shooting victims (43 vs. 65), a 33.8% drop. There have been 93 shooting incidents year-to-date, representing the fewest number of shooting incidents in January and February since 1993.

Crime in New York City public housing developments also declined 13%, with 60 fewer victims compared to February 2024 (400 vs. 460).

The number of incidents investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force increased by 71% (41 vs. 24), compared to February 2024.

Rape incidents increased by 21.7% in February compared to the same period in 2024 (140 vs. 115). However, this represents a decline from January 2025, with 9 fewer reported incidents. Some of these cases occurred in 2025, while others were from prior years. The rise in reported incidents is partly attributed to legislative changes broadening the legal definition of rape in New York State, which now includes additional forms of sexual assault. Many reported cases involved individuals known to each other. The NYPD continues to encourage survivors of sexual assault to come forward and report these incidents.

*All crime statistics are preliminary and subject to further analysis, revision, or change.*

Index Crime Statistics: : February 2025



Feb.

2025

Feb..

2024		+/-% Change
Murder1928-9-32.1%
Rape140115+2521.7%
Robbery9331248-315-25.2%
Felony Assault19172039-122-6.0%
Burglary8921046-154-14.7%
Grand Larceny30813712-631-17.0%
Grand Larceny Auto839961-122-12.7%
TOTAL78219149-1328-14.5%

Additional Statistics: Feb. 2025



Feb.

2025

Feb.

2024

+/-		% Change


Transit		135159-24-15.1%


Housing		400460-60-13.0%


Shooting Incidents		4253-11-20.8%

Rape Incident Reporting Statistics: Feb. 2025

(Reports filed from Feb. 1 – Feb. 28 in years indicated)​

YearTotal

Incidents

Reported		Incident

Occurred

Same Year		Incident

Occurred

1 Year

Prior		Incident

Occurred

2 Years

Prior		Incident

Occurred

3 Years

Prior		Incident

Occurred

4 Years

Prior		Incident

Occurred

5+ Years

Prior


2025		140912851114


2024		11573256119


2023		11378166436


2022		14086356328


2021		99571762215


2020		13185304426

Rape continues to be underreported. If you are a victim of sexual assault, please come forward. The 24-hour NYPD Special Victims Division hotline is: 212-267-RAPE (7273).​


Hate Crime Statistics: Feb. 2025​


(Representing Feb. 1 – Feb. 28 for calendar years 2025 and 2024)​

Motivation20252024+/-% Change


Asian		1100%


Black		422100%


Ethnic		24-2-50%


Gender		110 0%


Jewish		281414100%


Muslim		312200%


Sexual Orientation		2 11100%


Grand Total		41241771%

Note: Statistics above are subject to change upon investigation, as active possible bias cases may be reclassified to non-bias cases and removed from counted data.

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A newly unencumbered Eric Adams attacks Cuomo’s right flank​


New York City’s mayor has grown more gleefully critical of his election foes since Trump administration officials killed his bribery case.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams addresses reporter questions in the City Hall Blue Room.


Eric Adams used the opportunity during a press conference Tuesday to light into Andrew Cuomo. | Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

By Joe Anuta

04/22/2025 06:08 PM EDT

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has a new pep in his step — and Tuesday, he directed much of that energy at Andrew Cuomo.

In the weeks after President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice successfully moved to dismiss the mayor’s five-count bribery case, Adams has appeared increasingly at ease lambasting mayoral opponents from the City Hall Blue Room where he hosts weekly press conferences.

Adams used the opportunity during a press conference Tuesday to light into Cuomo, who’s now the frontrunner in the mayor’s race.

The Democratic primary field has thus far gone after the former governor from the left, criticizing him as soft on Trump or pointing to Trump supporters who have also given to a super PAC supporting Cuomo.

Adams, who’s running on an independent line in the general election, is striking from the right in the hopes of sullying Cuomo with moderate voters wary of progressive politics. In particular, the mayor is blaming Cuomo for signing off on changes to criminal justice rules in 2019 — bail reform chief among them — that city officials now claim are detrimental to public safety.

“I was the moderate first,” Adams said when asked about the base of Black voters shared by Adams and Cuomo. “I didn’t pass bail reform.”

The mayor’s message dovetails with that of the conservative New York Post editorial board, which has long loathed the changes to state law and wrote a scathing condemnation of Cuomo upon the release of his campaign launch video. The widely read tabloid and the mayor’s prominent bully pulpit present a risk to Cuomo’s right flank.

“He’s running from his record,” Adams said Tuesday. “When you look at what he allowed the far left to do when he was in office, I’m not sure he wouldn’t allow that … again.”

Cuomo spokesperson Jason Elan said the former governor has dispatched primary and general election opponents throughout his career and believes he is lining up where most New Yorkers find themselves on the political spectrum.

“When you’re getting attacked from the fringes of the far-left and -right, you know you’re doing something right,” Elan said in a statement.

Adams let loose on other challengers during his freewheeling press briefing.

He accused Council Speaker Adrienne Adams of injecting mayoral politics into her stewardship of the city’s legislature by demoting two officials who endorsed Cuomo.

“It’s unfortunate when individuals use their personal ambition to get in the way of what we need to do for the city,” the mayor said. “I’ve never done that.”

The speaker’s office begged to differ.

“The mayor says a lot of things that are not true,” spokesperson Mandela Jones said in a statement. “Anyone can see that Speaker Adrienne Adams was not planning to run for mayor until Eric Adams embarrassed and undermined New York City by trying to hand City Hall over to President Trump.”

The Council is suing the administration over the mayor’s plans to welcome U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement into a municipal jail facility on the grounds he violated his oath of office by participating in a quid pro quo with the Trump administration — an accusation the mayor has denied.

The mayor also targeted mayoral candidate and City Comptroller Brad Lander, accusing him of shrinking the city’s pension investment in Israeli bonds.

“He’s not willing to invest in Israel anymore to get endorsements from people,” Adams said.

In response, Lander said investments in Israeli companies are higher than when he took office and that he has merely continued a previous policy of avoiding foreign sovereign debt — though previous comptrollers did have more invested in Israeli bonds.

“Eric Adams lies about a lot of things,” Lander said when asked about the mayor’s comments. “So it wouldn’t surprise me that this is one of them.”
 
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New York City union breaks with labor trend to back Adrienne Adams over Cuomo for mayor​


DC37, the city’s largest municipal union, also supported Zohran Mamdani and Zellnor Myrie.

New York City Speaker Adrienne Adams clasps her hands and stands behind a lectern.


New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams delivers her State of the City on March 4, 2025. (Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit) | Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit

By Joe Anuta

04/22/2025 08:25 PM EDT

NEW YORK — The city’s largest municipal union is breaking with its labor counterparts in rejecting Andrew Cuomo’s bid for mayor, instead endorsing a slate led by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

District Council 37, which represents 150,000 New Yorkers who are predominantly Black and Latino, selected Adrienne Adams as its top pick, followed by state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani and state Sen. Zellnor Myrie.

The decision marks a significant departure from the near-unanimous support Cuomo has earned from New York City unions — large and small, public and private — since announcing his run last month.

“We’re proud to endorse these pro-worker candidates in the June primary and look forward to getting out the vote in support of their campaigns,” Henry Garrido, executive director of the union, said in a statement. “At a time when workers’ rights are being ripped apart at the federal level, it’s more important than ever to elect local candidates who will fight for working families and the services we all rely on.”

Adrienne Adams needs the support: She got into the race late, has yet to raise enough money to qualify for matching funds and is in single digits in the polls.

Garrido was instrumental to her come-from-behind bid for Council speaker in 2021, and helped Eric Adams win the mayoralty that same year. He’s taking a big risk by endorsing against Cuomo, the front-runner who — if elected — would hold enormous sway over the union’s contract and health care benefits.

The mayor is running for reelection as an independent following his federal corruption case being dropped at the behest of the Trump administration. That opened up DC 37 and other unions that had supported him to pick different candidates in the June 24 Democratic primary.

“Having DC 37 really matters — especially if you’re not Andrew Cuomo,” said Democratic strategist Trip Yang, who is unaffiliated with any of the mayoral campaigns. “Because if you’re not Cuomo, labor endorsements are hard to come by.”

Cuomo’s endorsement dominance has included backing from heavy hitters like the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and service workers union 32BJ SEIU, both of which boast robust political operations that can provide practical benefits to campaigns. DC 37, however, will offer a countervailing force.

Like those unions, DC 37 largely comprises New York City residents who are registered Democrats. And because the union typically does internal promotions for its chosen candidates — in addition to door knocking and phone banking — that could translate to a boost at the ballot box.

“The likely Democratic voter turnout is around 900,000 in the June primary,” Yang said. “So this is important.”

The union could also do an independent expenditure on behalf of a preferred candidate, though a spokesperson did not divulge whether the organization plans to counteract a pro-Cuomo Super PAC that has nearly $5 million as of the most recent filing.

DC 37’s support of Adrienne Adams provides a challenge to the former governor’s so-far successful strategy of courting Black voters in the outer boroughs. The Council speaker represents Southeast Queens, a vote-rich neighborhood, and has launched acerbic attacks against the former state executive who has won political endorsements in her own backyard.

Mamdani is polling second, but still trails Cuomo by double digits. The state lawmaker represents the clearest contrast to the former governor: He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and has been outspoken in his criticism of Israel.

Other major labor organizations — including the United Federation of Teachers and 1199 SEIU — remain undecided.

A spokesperson for Cuomo declined to comment.
 
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