The next mayor can't afford to turn its back on the NYPD's growing successes

A new class of NYPD Police Academy graduates are about to hit the streets as Police Pension Fund data shows a shrinking police force, with high attrition outstripping a recent surge in hiring. Matthew McDermott

As the clock runs down on Eric Adams’ mayoralty, the city has fresh proof that Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch is turning things around at the NYPD.

After years of shrinkage, the department’s on the verge of hiring new officers faster than old ones leave — and is gaining on crime, too.

Public safety still isn’t back to 2019 levels, before the pandemic and the state’s worst criminal-justice “reforms,” but key measures are positive.

The NYPD just posted incredible October stats: Citywide shootings plummeted to an all-time low for the month and for year-to-date; subway crime,