Cheer for Tisch's major crime drop—but the city isn't out of the woods yet

Rejoice: The NYPD is scoring major success against violent crime.

Yes, New Yorkers still have good reason to feel less safe than they did just a few years ago — but let’s consider the good news first.

Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Tuesday that the city saw modern-history record lows in murders and shootings in the first five months of this year.

Above all, credit the work of New York’s Finest and Tisch’s simple but highly effective approach to public safety: Enforce the law. Every law, all of the time.

The NYPD is back to quality-of-life policing , not letting “minor” infractions, like traffic violations and aggressive panhandling, slide — because major crime follows when cops stop sweating the small stuff.

The department is also putting more c