\u201cBroken-windows\u201d style policing for minor infractions increased 13% during the most recent fiscal year, half of which fell under the Mamdani administration, according to recent city report, leading the Legal Aid Society to call out the mayor for failing to deliver on his campaign promises of comprehensive police reform.<\/p>\n
The NYPD issued almost 221,000 low-level summonses this fiscal year compared to about 196,000 the year before, according to the Mayor\u2019s Management Report<\/a> released earlier this month.<\/p>\n The report, which covers the fiscal year from July 2025 to June 2026, includes the last six months of the Adams administration and the first six months of the Mamdani administration.<\/p>\n \u201cMayor Mamdani promised New Yorkers a departure from broken-windows policing, yet these numbers show the City continuing down the same troubling path of aggressive low-level enforcement pursued by the previous administration,\u201d Legal Aid said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThese encounters are not harmless. The Mayor cannot preach affordability while his police department subjects New Yorkers to enforcement that can mean fines, missed work, and time spent navigating the court system,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cAnd at a time of heightened federal immigration enforcement, unnecessary police contact can carry especially serious consequences for immigrant New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n Criminal justice advocates have argued that broken-windows policing, which cracks down on minor offenses under the theory that they lead to more serious crimes, does not decrease crime and unfairly targets Black and brown people<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a report issued in June, Legal Aid noted that Mamdani had largely maintained the previous administration\u2019s response to subway fare evasion<\/a>, with 3,188 arrests and 26,267 summonses issued for fare evasion in the first quarter of 2026, compared to 3,696 arrests and 26,177 summonses the same time last year under Adams.<\/p>\n About 94% of those arrested and 81% of those issued summonses were people of color, Legal Aid reported.<\/p>\n The organization has also called out the Mamdani administration for failing to disband the NYPD\u2019s Strategic Response Group<\/a> and cease maintenance of the NYPD\u2019s \u201cgang database,\u201d both of which he promised on the campaign trail to end.<\/p>\n