NYC officers unveiled a summer season security plan geared toward maintaining locals protected “via land, air, and sea,” with metropolis seashores formally opening Saturday for Memorial Day weekend.
“We want all New Yorkers to enjoy summer in the greatest city in the world — and we want to make sure that everyone is safe and protected whether they are in the sun, on the beach, on the streets, at home, or at work,” Mayor Adams stated.
The plan entails the growth of seaside and water patrols, public security and high quality of life enchancment, warmth emergency planning, impaired driving and site visitors enforcement and expanded programming for younger New Yorkers.
Adams outlined an multiagency effort to observe town’s 14 miles of seashores utilizing drones which is able to seek for swimmers in misery and shark exercise — a technique utilized final summer season. In emergencies, some drones are in a position to drop rafts to drowning swimmers.
The NYPD and FDNY plan to extend deployment of their boats to conduct waterside patrols, with a give attention to seashores throughout the New York Harbor, officers stated.
Mayor Adams pronounces a multi-agency plan to guard New Yorkers this summer season Friday, Might 23, 2025. (Ed Reed / Mayoral Images Workplace)
By peak summer season season town will workers much more licensed lifeguards, surpassing the 930 staffed final 12 months, in keeping with metropolis Deputy Commisioner of Parks Iris Rodriguez-Rosa.
Final summer season a complete of seven New Yorkers drowned alongside the coasts, the very best quantity since 2019.
As for tamping down crime, which traditionally spikes throughout the metropolis’s hottest months, officers stated the NYPD has recognized 70 “summer deployment zones” the place greater than 1,500 further officers will likely be assigned to patrol within the evenings and nights when violence tends to erupt.
“Crime has been down for seven straight months, and our summer safety plan will build on those successes — flooding our new summer zones with the largest deployment of cops on patrol ever and continuing to address the quality-of-life issues plaguing communities,” stated NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. “This is a citywide effort to reduce violence, strengthen enforcement, and ensure every New Yorker feels safe in the months ahead.”
Mayor Eric Adams pronounces a multi-agency plan to guard New Yorkers this summer season by way of air, land, and sea. (Ed Reed / Mayoral Images Workplace)
The zones, which see the very best charges of crime within the metropolis, have already had further officers deployed since Might 5. Since then main crime in these zones are down 23%, Tisch stated.
The NYPD’s newly shaped High quality of Life Division will even be doubling down on noise complaints, parking violations and different neighborhood complaints.
“I tell people all the time, if you cannot play loud music, drink, and have your car double-parked outside Gracie Mansion, you shouldn’t be able to do it on Gun Hill Road,” Adams stated. “The quality of life I expect, you should expect.”
Officers will even be deployed on highways and native streets, with a give attention to getting impaired drivers off metropolis streets, whereas the Division of Transportation will increase their anti-impaired driving messaging campaigns.
In preparation for the canine days of summer season, town’s emergency administration workplace is increasing their signature ‘Beat the Heat’ marketing campaign to maintain locals protected from excessive warmth. Greater than 500 individuals die within the metropolis from heat-related causes yearly.
Mayor Adams pronounces plan to guard New Yorkers this summer season. (Ed Reed / Mayoral Images Workplace)
The marketing campaign will “make it easier for people to find air-conditioned places across the city, including libraries, older adult centers, museums, and more,” NYCEM Commissioner Zach Iscol stated in a press release.
Adams additionally introduced the growth of town’s Saturday Night time Lights initiative, with practically 140 sports activities websites working on Saturdays and Sundays. The expanded programming is supposed to function an “upstream solution” for gun violence.
“We are committed to ensuring that our community and vulnerable populations have safe spaces for engaging in activities like playing sports, dancing, participating in music, arts, and other enrichment programs,” stated New York Metropolis Division of Youth & Neighborhood Improvement Commissioner Keith Howard.
Initially Revealed: Might 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM EDT
