Eric Adams touts a drop in crime. The numbers tell a different story.
May 9, 2025Eric Adams often laments a central
paradox of his mayoralty: While most serious crime is declining, New
Yorkers don’t feel any safer.
That’s because, by the NYPD’s own metrics, they’re not.
Total crime has increased every
year under Adams — a former police captain who ran for mayor on a
promise to curb lawlessness — even as New York City has remained one of
the safest big cities in the nation on his watch.