NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- A redeployment of NYPD officers and a “back to basics” approach to policing starts Monday after Mayor Eric Adams met with NYPD commanding officers from across the city over the weekend to brainstorm ideas for fighting crime.
The plan is to tackle the 40 most violent precincts with a redeployment that will see more NYPD officers out at night, when most violence occurs, as well as an emphasis on gathering street intelligence. Crimes like farebeating will no longer get a pass under the tougher approach.
The latest crime-fighting strategy means moving 350 neighborhood coordinating officers into evening patrols, putting field intelligence officers onto the streets and starting three cars on the midnight shift three hours earlier to cover shift changes.
Adams met with NYPD top brass at police headquarters in Lower Manhattan on Saturday.
“These are my generals that are on the ground, and I heard from them, they gave me some great feedback on what needs to be done,” the mayor said. “This was not about bringing them in, dressing them down. This was about lifting them up.”
After listening to the commanders, Adams said, “I heard across the board it’s time to get back to the basics.”
“The first order of business is to do is to see are we properly deploying what we have,” the mayor said.
Adams said it’s not just about policing and that “we also need every other agency in the city engaged.” He plans to meet with city agencies to get them involved.
The redeployment comes in addition to the launch of the mayor’s modified anti-gun unit teams in March and his subway safety plan in February.
Despite those initiatives, major crime is up more than 40% in 2022 over last year.
There was more violence over the weekend. A food delivery worker was shot and killed in Forest Hills. There was a fatal stabbing at a Dave & Buster's in Times Square. And a man was shot and killed in his car on the Upper West Side on Sunday afternoon.
Adams wants a more aggressive approach compared to the days of former Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“For eight years, we sent a wrong message in this city that as law enforcement officers were doing their job, we were sending them mixed messages,” Adams said. “My message is clear—this is not a city where any and everything goes.”
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