New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch and Mayor of New York City Eric Adams brief the media on Thanksgiving Day Parade Safety on November 26, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images

As Mayor Eric Adams wraps up his last month in office, he deserves a round of applause for the biggest success of his administration: Bringing down New York City’s sky-high crime rates.

On Tuesday, the NYPD announced huge declines in crime across multiple fronts ; shootings in the first 11 months of the year were at record lows, and as were murders for the month of November.

Retail theft was down 20%; transit crime dipped sharply, too, and the stretch of July through November was the system’s safest on record.

It’s a promise kept: Adams ran on getting the city back in order aft

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