{"id":158645,"date":"2026-03-10T00:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158645\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T00:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:34:11","slug":"in-perilous-times-nyc-welcomes-daring-new-recruits-to-nypd-new-york-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158645\/","title":{"rendered":"In perilous times, NYC welcomes daring new recruits to NYPD \u2013 New York Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just days after ISIS-inspired counter protesters threw explosive devices outside Manhattan\u2019s Gracie Mansion,<\/a> the NYPD graduated more than 900 new cops, each ready to face the challenges and dangers ahead, Mayor Mamdani said Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs New Yorkers ran from the danger, NYPD officers ran towards it,\u201d Mamdani told the new recruits.<\/p>\n

\u201dNo one is injured today. No dinner table has an empty seat today. My sincere hope is that none of you ever face a moment like that. But if you do, I stand before you with full confidence that each of you have not just the training, but also the courage to meet it as your fellow officers did to protect our fellow New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MayorMayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during an NYPD graduation ceremony in Madison Square Garden Monday, March 9, 2026 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Mamdani had high praise for the newest class of recruits,<\/a> even with the city on edge over a frightening crime being prosecuted as a terrorist act.<\/p>\n

Officials said the 968 new cops come from 40 different countries, and include 45 officers who served in the military.<\/p>\n

\"NewlyNewly minted NYPD officers throw their dress gloves in the air during their graduation ceremony in Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 9, 2026, in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a city unlike any other, a city that loses a past that speaks every language and brings together people from every corner of the world,\u201d said Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.<\/a> \u201cIt requires the ability to remain steady in moments when tensions are high and emotions are running strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tisch said the job is about putting others above yourself \u2014 a sacrifice few understand better than third-generation NYPD officer Officer Anthony Cantore, who put his law enforcement career on hold to donate a kidney to his ailing father.<\/p>\n

\"NYPDNYPD Officer Anthony Cantore, middle, poses for a photo with his father, NYPD Lt. Thomas Cantore, right, and his mother, Penelope Cantore, after his graduation ceremony in Madison Square Garden Monday, March 9, 2026 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe doctor said it wouldn\u2019t affect me physically or anything medically,\u201d Cantore said. \u201cI decided, \u2018Why not? Why not do it?\u2019 I feel great. I\u2019m grateful that he\u2019s able to live a regular life, a healthy life, and I\u2019m just glad that he\u2019s here. He\u2019s here for my graduation, to see me today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s proud of him,\u201d said the grad\u2019s father, retired Lt. Thomas Cantore. \u201cMy father would have been proud. I\u2019m doing well, and everything\u2019s fine. He offered to donate his kidney. I wouldn\u2019t ask him, but he offered.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"InezInez Rosario and her son, Noah Rosario, left, pose with NYPD Officer Justin Acevedo, 23, after his graduation ceremony in Madison Square Garden Monday, March 9, 2026 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

New recruit Justin Acevedo, 23, was on the other end of a life-saving act. When he was 11, Acevedo nearly drowned during a trip to Puerto Rico when his chaperone and football coach, Jose Rosario, 45, a retired NYPD detective, rescued him from a powerful\u00a0 riptide.<\/a><\/p>\n

The boy made it back to the shore. Rosario did not.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe picked me up to the rock,\u201d Acevedo recalled. \u201cHe let me catch my breath, and he said, \u2018Okay, you\u2019re gonna start swimming now.\u2019 He threw me. I started swimming. And then when I got to the shore, I turned around and Jose was no longer there. I couldn\u2019t see him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FormerFormer NYPD Officer Jose Rosario. (NYPD)<\/p>\n

He said Rosario inspired him to become a police officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cJustin Acevedo, learned the meaning of sacrifice long before he ever set work in the police academy,\u201d Tisch said. \u201cHe saw the way that this department honors those who serve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just days after ISIS-inspired counter protesters threw explosive devices outside Manhattan\u2019s Gracie Mansion, the NYPD graduated more than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,75,84,83,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-158645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}