Since Zohran Mamdani became the mayor of New York, the city has seen the fewest shootings and murders in recorded history for January and February of any year.
Major crime is down 8% citywide, burglary is at a record low and retail theft down 25%.
Under Mamdani’s mayoralty, homelessness outreach has been moved away from the New York Police Department and $20m invested in early childhood mental health.
One of Mamdani’s key campaign pledges was to introduce free universal childcare. This week, his administration announced the first four communities that will receive the 2,000 free places for two-year-olds this autumn.
The programme is expected to expand to all two-year-olds regardless of postcode, income or immigration status within four years.
The progressive mayor has also strengthened the city’s protections for migrants, limiting ICE enforcement.
In total, this year has seen 1,100 fewer reported crimes compared to the same period in 2025.
Sophia Sheera is a journalist in Novara Media’s social media team.
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Has nothing to do w madani, every city in the US is in a historic crime low. Its the trend, not a 90 day new mayor who hasn’t changed anything about policing.
Seems slow. Good progress, but he can’t make plans with such marginal gains over the course of 4 years. The people he’s up against certainly aren’t, they think quarter to quarter.
I’m glad for anyone in a position of power to not be thinking quarter to quarter. It leads to decisions that are obviously stupid when looked at as even a 2 year time frame, let alone 5 or 10.
Yes, faster progress would also be nice, but we need more forward thinking basically everywhere, far too many things get decided on a “what is most helpful/profitable/looks-good-on-the-books this quarter” basis.
I respectfully disagree. I know that is the optimal solution and I wish I lived in an age where slow meaningful change matters but you’ll just get outplayed in today’s world. Look seriously at the 2020-2024 Biden administration. They did so many things correctly (economy, energy, consumer protection) but due to them moving on everything slow af their enemies out manuvered them. Gotta move fast or get left behind, both sides aren’t playing a fair game.
I agree they got out maneuvered, but I think that was more the result of ignoring certain serious issues rather than not moving fast enough on things they did. It wouldnt have mattered how quickly they implemented new programs then, they would be canceled now. I think it was a strategic/ideologic issue, not one of pace.
I hope you are right and things turn around 💜
So many things correctly like aiding in a genocide
Wait another 6 months see if things get better exponentially or get better at a steady pace.
I don’t live in NYC personally, so I’m not sure the particulars that city is going through, but the US in general is looking towards his admin as a beacon of sensible hope. To maintain that he’ll need to move fast imo, but who knows. Maybe we’ll be canceling elections soon and it’ll all be a moot point anyway.
