In February as in January, the NYPD continued to reduce crime to record lows \u2014 except where City Hall waved cops off.<\/p>\n
In other words, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch can keep doing her job unless Mayor Zohran Mamdani gets in her way.<\/p>\n
Crime in the subway spiked nearly 20%<\/a> after the mayor ordered police and other city workers not to force the homeless (or anyone else) out of the subway system during the February snow and below-freezing temps.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n As a result, the month showed a 61% drop in ejections from January\u2019s level \u2014 and a jump in offenses to more than 190.<\/p>\n Otherwise, the NYPD\u2019s ranks are doing great through Feb. 28, with record-low shooting incidents, shooting victims and murders.<\/p>\n \t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPost Editorial Board<\/p>\n Murders fell 33.3% (16 vs. 24 in January-February 2025).<\/p>\n Shooting incidents dropped 45.5%\u00a0<\/p>\n Shooting victims declined 36.4%, and robberies by 33%.<\/p>\n February saw retail theft fall 24.7%\u00a0over the same month a year ago; crime in public housing, 14.7%.<\/p>\n In the wake of Tisch\u2019s effective use of \u201cprecision policing\u201d that made 2025 the safest year ever in the Big Apple<\/a>, with historic reductions in major crime and gun violence; 2026 can be better still.<\/p>\n