New York City’s all-time record low shootings and gun violence milestone revealed this week is no accident. The NYPD and city officials, along with crime experts, agreed that a combination of efforts ...

In a statement, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch credited the drop in shootings and crime overall to the recent summer-violence reduction zones in which 2,000 officers are patrolling in 72 ...

Murders decreased by 8.6%, from 58 to 53, while shooting incidents decreased by 30.7%, 241 to 167. Overall crime in the city decreased by 5.4%, from 9,330 incidents in 2020 to 8,824 this year.

Since the plan’s implementation on May 5, major crime in these zones during deployment hours has decreased by 20.2%, with shootings down 50.6%, felony assaults down 28.5% and robberies down 23.3%.