A report by a watchdog company confirmed that complaints in opposition to New York Police Division officers rose over the course of present New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams’ time period. The Civilian Criticism Assessment Board (CCRB) obtained 5,570 experiences of officer misconduct within the 2025 fiscal yr, a 60% enhance from 2022, in line with the Mayor’s Administration Report, which was launched Sept. 19. The quantity really reached matched a excessive not seen for a decade in 2024.
The variety of substantiated complaints by the board rose from 1,064 in 2025 from about 729 in 2022, a rise famous by Brooklyn Metropolis Councilmember Lincoln Restler, who confronted police officers at a Metropolis Council assembly on Monday (Sept. 22) in regards to the report. “The NYPD has shifted their strategy to policing throughout this administration, and in consequence, extra individuals are complaining about misconduct,” he mentioned, expressing that he was “very involved” that the information confirmed the criticism enhance within the classes of using drive, use of offensive language and abuse of authority.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner Michael Gerber, who oversees authorized issues, pointed to the Metropolis Council giving the CCRB extra jurisdiction and the flexibility to provoke investigations. He additionally acknowledged that underneath NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, the division has imposed self-discipline on officers in 76% of the circumstances the place the CCRB advisable it, representing a pointy enhance from 30% previous to her appointment final November.
“It’s not simply that the division is agreeing with the C.C.R.B. far more typically; it is usually evaluating C.C.R.B. circumstances and imposing self-discipline at a a lot sooner tempo,” Gerber mentioned, additionally noting Tisch’s reversal of insurance policies making it simpler for the NYPD to outright dismiss circumstances from the board. “The Adams administration stays dedicated to offering communities the police presence they need and deserve, which suggests New Yorkers are inevitably having extra interactions with legislation enforcement,” mentioned Adams’ spokeswoman Kayla Mamelak Altus.
The report comes as Mayor Adams is going through an uphill battle in his bid to be reelected in a number of weeks, with the NYPD going through extra examination of its position in holding town secure, which has turn into a key situation for voters. Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander, who endorsed the Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, identified using extreme drive and the way it “harms New Yorkers” in his personal report on Monday.
