Mayor Eric Adams Makes Public Safety Announcement with NYPD Commissioner Tisch and Presents Keys to the City to Crisis Management System (CMS) Organizations
City Hall Blue Room Lower Manhattan . December 29, 2025
On December 29, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams joined NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and community leaders to announce a major public-safety milestone: the NYPD has removed more than 25,000 illegal firearms from New York City streets since the start of the Adams administration, including a significant number of ghost guns. City officials linked this enforcement and precision-deployment strategy to continued reductions in shootings and other violent crime citywide.
The Mayor emphasized that the city’s progress is not solely attributable to policing, highlighting the Crisis Management System (CMS) as a critical partner in preventing retaliatory violence, mediating conflicts, and connecting at-risk youth to mentorship and support. As part of the event, the Mayor honored 29 CMS provider organizations across the five boroughs with Keys to the City as a symbol of the city’s commitment to an “all-hands” approach to violence reduction.
Commissioner Tisch credited the gun-seizure milestone to focused, data-driven deployments and sustained investigative work, stating that the year’s crime figures reflected historically low levels of shooting incidents and victims. Speakers from CMS and faith-based partners underscored the personal toll of gun violence, argued for continued investment in community-based prevention, and described improved coordination between neighborhood organizations and the NYPD under the current administration.