New Yorkers in several neighborhoods where Mayor Eric Adams won handily on a platform of reducing crime through increased policing now say they’re ready to embrace policies meant to minimize NYPD involvement — and potential harm — in mental health crises.

Gothamist visited five neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx where Adams, a former NYPD officer, won by wide margins in 2021 and where some categories of major crime have risen this year despite an overall drop citywide . While more than two dozen residents interviewed disagreed about who should be the next mayor, almost all voiced support for front-runner and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to have police focus on serious crime and have clinicians handle mental health emergencies where the risk of vio

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