Mayor Adams Announces Additional Funding for 5,000 New NYPD Officers in November Plan, Bringing Uniform Headcount Up to 40,000 by Fiscal Year 2029

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced a new investment in the upcoming November 2025 Financial Plan Update that will increase the uniformed headcount of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) by 5,000 officers, increasing the total number of officers to 40,000 by Fiscal Year (FY) 2029  — the highest level in 20 years. Mayor Adams is making an investment of $17.8 million in the upcoming fiscal year that will increase to $315.8 million by FY 2029 to support the phased-in hiring of the additional 5,000 officers by July 2028.  

The new phase-in will begin in July 2026 with 300 officers, growing to 2,500 in July 2027, and increasing to 5,000 annually in July 2028. At full strength, NYPD will be authorized to put approximately 40,000 officers on the street to protect New Yorkers. Mayor Adams previously  expanded eligibility requirements and continued funding that put the city on the path to 35,000 uniformed NYPD officers by the fall 2026. Additionally, this past August, Mayor Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced the hiring of nearly 1,100 police officer recruits, marking the largest class of officers sworn in by the NYPD since January 2016. Including the August class, already this year, the NYPD has hired 2,911 recruits — the highest number since 2006 — with another class still scheduled for this year.

“Our administration has always been guided by the belief that public safety is the prerequisite to prosperity, and over the last four years — as we’ve driven crime down to record lows and presided over a resurgence in New York City from the COVID-19 pandemic — we’ve proven that the price for our safety is well worth it,” said Mayor Adams. “The vast majority of New Yorkers want more police officers on their streets and in their subways, and that is what we are delivering by adding these 5,000 new officers. With our administration’s investment, we are, once again, using our strong fiscal management to put investments where our values are. Now, New York City will be on a path to reach 40,000 police officers in the next three years — the highest number of police officers in 20 years. I am so proud of the work we have done to keep New Yorkers safe, and I am grateful to the brave men and women of the NYPD who help us get there each and every day.”

Today’s investment builds on successful efforts by the Adams administration to drive down crime. Since day one, the Adams administration has prioritized public safety initiatives to stop the scourge of gun violence and keep 8.5 million New Yorkers safe. More than 24,300 illegal firearms have been removed from city streets since January 2022, including over 4,500 this year  alone. Shootings have decreased by 54 percent citywide since before Mayor Adams came into office, and in September 2025, major crimes dropped by 3.8 percent.

Additionally, thanks to the Adams administration’s proactive public safety efforts, shooting incidents and shooting victims are at their lowest levels in the city’s recorded history. Citywide shooting incidents are down more than 20 percent in the first nine months of 2025, their lowest levels ever, shattering the previous record low set in 2018 by 20 fewer incidents; and they are down nearly 16 percent for the quarter, marking the fewest number of shootings in any third quarter in recorded history. Shooting victims are also down 19 percent this year, tied for their lowest levels ever. And they were down more than 11 percent last quarter, the second best third quarter in recorded history.

Below ground, the NYPD is delivering on public safety, as well. The city recently celebrated the safest third quarter ever on subways this year, including all-time lows in transit for the months of July, August, and September, excluding the pandemic years. These record-low numbers helped drive the city’s seventh straight quarter of declines in major crime, which has consistently decreased every quarter since January 2024. Finally, to address the national increase in domestic violence incidents, Mayor Adams and Commissioner Tisch, earlier this month, announced the creation of the NYPD’s Domestic Violence Unit — the largest unit of its kind in the country that will allow the NYPD to enhance how it investigates domestic violence incidents and train officers while strengthening support for survivors.

Today’s announcement follows Mayor Adams’ history of strong fiscal management, including the on-time, balanced, and fiscally responsible $115.9 billion Adopted Budget for FY 2026, which built on the FY 2026 Executive Budget, often called the “Best Budget Ever.” The Executive Budget doubled down on Mayor Adams’ commitment to make New York City the best place to raise a family by, among other things, investing in “After-School for All,” a $755-million plan to deliver universal after-school programming to families of children in kindergarten through eighth grade; baselining funding for 3-K citywide expansion and special education pre-K to build on the administration’s work to dramatically expand access to early childhood education; investing over $400 million to fully fund the transformation of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan into a world-class, pedestrian-centered boulevard; and revitalizing “The Arches,” the public space on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. The FY 2026 Adopted Budget was also the first to implement Mayor Adams’ landmark “Axe the Tax for the Working Class” plan, which abolishes and cuts New York City's personal income tax for filers with dependents living at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty line. Because of this plan, which the Adams administration successfully fought to pass in Albany this budget cycle, $63 million will go back into the pockets of over 582,000 low-income New York filers, including their dependents, helping make New York City more affordable for working-class families.

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