Following President Trump's move to take over the Washington, DC Police Department Monday, the Queens native says he is also eyeing the possibility of taking over the NYPD, citing alleged crime concerns.

“We are going to look at New York,” Trump said on Aug. 11 – but examining a quarter-century of crime stats in New York shows that there isn't much for Trump and his administration to look at, because the NYPD has led a significant crime decrease this year and over the last 25 years.

Even with isolated crimes that occur, one could argue that the Big Apple has never been safer. Looking back 25 years to 2000, when Republican Rudy Giuliani was mayor, New York City saw 673 murders and homicides, according to NYPD data. Last year, in 2024, that number shrank to nearly half at 382 with Democrat

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