Leading New York City mayoral candidates on Wednesday cited amNewYork's report on the NYPD's worsening struggle with retaining officers as they hit the campaign trail.

Both Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and frontrunner, and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his chief rival, touted the report to pitch their own plans to keep more officers on the force and boost headcount on Aug. 20.

Data obtained by amNewYork revealed that the attrition rate of officers, either retiring or leaving the department before reaching their 20-year mark, has skyrocketed. It showed that an average of 316 rank-and-file officers left the NYPD every month of this year and that the department has lost 5,248 individuals since January 2024, while only adding 4,244 new recruits over that same period.

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