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Published January 6, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:30

What is striking is that the drop in shootings from 2024 to 2025 was of a similar magnitude. Given all of this, it should come as no surprise that The number of people shot in New York City also fell to historic lows in 2025, with 856 shooting victims citywide. That is 41 fewer people shot than the previous record year of 2018. Compared to 2024, shooting victims declined by 247 citywide, a 22% reduction. That progress accelerated at the end of the year. (03:30–03:43)

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Jessica Tisch

“In 2025, New York City recorded 688 shooting incidents, the lowest number in the city's history.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 01:41-01:50
“In 2025, we halved Chicago's more than 1400 shooting incidents, despite having roughly three times the population.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 02:42-02:53
“Domestic violence related rapes rose by 25% and now account for roughly half of all reported rape cases citywide.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 09:50-10:00
“Traffic fatalities reached historic lows last year, falling 19% from 2024 and to the lowest total ever recorded in New York City's history.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 14:59-15:10
“Fatalities fell by more than 80%, collisions dropped by nearly 50%, and injuries were cut almost in half [due to updated vehicle pursuit…”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 16:01-16:10
“In 2025, the NYPD hired more than 4,000 officers across four academy classes, making this the largest hiring year on record.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 18:10-18:20
“Compared to 2024, shooting incidents fell by 216 citywide. That is a 24% reduction.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 02:00-02:09
“In the month of December, shootings fell 43% with just 35 shooting incidents citywide.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 02:12-02:20
“Compared to 2024, shooting victims declined by 247 citywide, a 22% reduction.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 03:49-03:58
“Manhattan saw the steepest decline in shootings in 2025, down 38% year over year.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 04:29-04:37
“Major crime in 2025 was down 3% citywide, with reductions in all five boroughs.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 05:07-05:14
“Last year alone, our detective Bureau carried out 70 takedowns, resulting in the arrest of 390 gang members.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 05:59-06:08
“Citywide, murders declined 20% in 2025, with 77 fewer people murdered than 2024.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 06:43-06:53
“Our detective bureau has maintained a murder clearance rate of 69% in 2025.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 07:04-07:12
“On Staten Island, murders fell by more than 60% in 2025.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 07:17-07:23
“Manhattan was down 33%, Brooklyn was down 24%, and the Bronx was down 18% [in murders in 2025].”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 07:22-07:31
“Robbery declined nearly 10% citywide in 2025, a reduction of more than 1600 incidents year over year.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 07:31-07:41
“In 2025, burglaries fell nearly 4% citywide.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 07:40-07:45
“Grand larceny declined nearly 2% citywide in 2025.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 07:52-07:57
“Auto theft declined 5% citywide in 2025, with a nearly 8% drop in the fourth quarter compared to 2024.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 08:05-08:16
“Domestic violence continues to drive a significant share of felony assaults, accounting for nearly 40% of these crimes citywide.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 08:56-09:06
“In 2025, 14% of shooting victims were under the age of 18, an increase of 5 percentage points from 2024.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 12:58-13:07
“18% of shooting perpetrators were also under the age of 18 [in 2025].”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 13:10-13:12
“Since September [2025] within [school safety] zones, overall crime was down 53% and shooting incidents and shooting victims are down there…”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 13:51-14:02
“School related enforcement is down 21% and school related crime is down 22%.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 14:13-14:21
“Last year, DWI arrests were up 15% compared to 2024.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 15:27-15:33
“Last year, vehicle pursuits dropped by more than 60% compared to 2024.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 15:50-15:56
“Since 2019, 311 calls have increased by 104%.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 16:29-16:34
“Citywide response times for chronic quality of life issues improved by an average of 22 minutes.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 16:35-16:43
“In 2025, service times dropped by more than 14%.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 16:42-16:48
“Contact resolutions through 311 increased by more than 16% in 2025.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 16:47-16:55
“Hate crimes declined 12% citywide.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 16:54-16:58
“Antisemitic incidents also declined, down 3% over year over year.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 16:58-17:04
“Resignations before pension eligibility are down more than 40% since 2022.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 18:50-18:57
“In 2025, we outpaced attrition by more than 800 officers.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 18:56-19:03
“Our approach in particular to violent crime in New York City and to subway crime in New York City has led to historic results.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 31:36-31:44
“There is no change planned to the crime fighting strategy that has delivered historic results.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 33:04-33:11
“The Quality of Life Division is by no means a return to broken windows policing.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 34:22-34:28
“The Quality of Life Division was done in response to a doubling in the number of 311 complaints that we have received in New York City over…”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 34:27-34:38
“We are moving abandoned vehicles that have taken up parking in front of someone's home for months.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 35:04-35:12
“The gang database is a tool that has helped us both in terms of fighting gun violence.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 35:33-35:40
“We use the gang database to anticipate where we may see retaliatory violence.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 35:42-35:49
“We had thousands of cops basically all year long, but particularly over the summer when we know that gun violence has historically surged.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 36:21-36:30
“We also have better data and more refined systems than we have ever had in the past.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 36:44-36:55
“Addressing youth violence is going to be an all of city and all of state approach.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 37:52-37:58
“The federal government can help out by shutting down the pipeline of guns into this city.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence | Uploaded January 6, 2026 | 39:34-39:43
“There are no gun manufacturers based in New York City.”
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