In a heated race for City Hall, the packed field of candidates is all over the map in their varying approaches to policing.

Frontrunner and Democratic nominee Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens) has faced criticism for his previous support of efforts to defund the police, while former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called for more NYPD officers to be hired — and Mayor Eric Adams has defended the work of his administration's NYPD, led by Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

A survey published earlier this year by the Citizens' Budget Commission found that though feelings of safety among New Yorkers have climbed since 2023, they remain lower than pre-pandemic levels. Crime rates have dropped significantly since the pandemic, yet feelings of unease remain, according to the survey, especially among resid

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