Making New York Metropolis a safer and extra reasonably priced metropolis has at all times been the mission of our administration. Daily, we combat to make sure that New Yorkers can pursue their goals with out worry for his or her security and with a greater high quality of life. I’m proud to say that New York stays the most secure massive metropolis in America, and we’re persevering with to get safer every day.
On account of our administration’s profitable public security technique, our streets and our subways are safer. New York Metropolis has seen eight straight months of general crime discount throughout the 5 boroughs, realizing a big 6.4 p.c lower in crime citywide for the month of August in comparison with the identical time final yr. Total crime continues to development downward and is down yr up to now as properly. Moreover, final month, we had the fewest shootings of any August for the reason that NYPD began monitoring crime by means of CompStat in 1994.Homicides are down double digits for the yr and for final month. Automotive theft can be down double digits. And burglaries are down, too.
Our public transit system is the lifeblood of our metropolis, so preserving New Yorkers secure on the subway is essential to making sure that New York stays the most secure massive metropolis in America. That’s the reason we surged greater than 1,000 further officers within the subway system in February and launched further expertise, together with cameras and information pushed officer deployment. Because of this, general transit crime has been down for seven cumulative months, and robberies are on the lowest level in recorded historical past. These numbers don’t lie, our security technique is on observe and dealing.
We all know that group enter is vital to bettering public security and that each group has its personal distinctive wants. That’s the reason we’re bringing companions from throughout the town collectively to search out progressive approaches to decreasing crime and bettering high quality of life. Points like unlawful merchandising, retail theft, substance use, the psychological well being disaster, scaffolding, and unlicensed hashish outlets haven’t any place on our streets. And our administration refuses to tolerate an environment the place something goes.
That’s the reason we launched our “Neighborhood Hyperlink” initiative, which works with a number of businesses, in addition to group companions, to make our metropolis safer and extra livable for all. We’ve Neighborhood Hyperlinks established throughout the town, together with on 14th Avenue on the Decrease East Aspect, 125th Avenue in Harlem, Central Park close to 110th Avenue, and round Washington Sq. Park — all areas through which we have now seen unacceptable quality-of-life points take maintain. This method works hand-in-hand with the group to deliver tailor-made metropolis companies proper to their doorsteps.
Simply final week, I used to be comfortable to convene members of the NYPD, the Division of Sanitation, the Division of Well being and Psychological Hygiene, the Division of Parks and Recreation, and others to launch “Operation Entrance Door,” a focused operation specializing in quality-of-life points in and round Occasions Sq., the entrance door to the world. In a single night time, we seized 36 illegally working pedicabs, issued 45 summonses, and shut down six meals vans for numerous well being and security violations.
Occasions Sq. is the welcome mat to our metropolis, a spot the place the hospitality, leisure, tourism and enterprise industries meet. Hundreds of thousands of vacationers proceed to go to Occasions Sq. and are sometimes focused by unlawful distributors and pedicabs. The unsafe and unregulated practices of unlawful distributors and pedicabs not solely put vacationers’ security in danger however undermine legit enterprise attempting to make a residing. With Operation Entrance Door, we’re taking decisive motion to maintain Occasions Sq. secure for New Yorkers, vacationers, and companies.
We got here into workplace with the clear purpose of constructing our metropolis safer, extra reasonably priced, and extra livable for all New Yorkers. We’re making enhancements that New Yorkers really feel day-after-day. And guaranteeing that New York stays the most secure massive metropolis in America.
