{"id":252010,"date":"2025-09-24T21:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/252010\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T21:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:22:07","slug":"mayor-eric-adams-2025-mayors-management-report-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/252010\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 2025 mayor\u2019s management report, by the numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How does a city government measure its own work? New York City takes a shot at doing so every year with a mandated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/operations\/downloads\/pdf\/mmr2025\/2025_mmr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mayor\u2019s Management Report<\/a>, producing an imperfect \u2013 though sometimes still illuminating \u2013\u00a0snapshot of of agency success and failures. Mayor Eric Adams tends to tout highlights \u2013\u00a0like the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/17\/us-news\/adams-touts-drop-in-major-crimes-in-nyc-across-the-board-in-annual-report-delivering-real-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">six out of seven<\/a> major felony crime categories are down \u2013\u00a0while overlooking nuances like the fact that crime is up overall compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic. For a public sector workforce of about 300,000 serving a population of 8.5 million, there are bound to be some ups and downs. Here are a few of the data markers that swung, stagnated or otherwise caught our attention in the 544-page report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14 minutes, 53 seconds \u2013 <\/strong>Average NYPD response time to all crimes in progress \u2013\u00a0a slight decrease from last year, but up over the past five years<\/p>\n<p><strong>239%<\/strong> \u2013 The increase in summonses for minor quality-of-life infractions since fiscal year 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>10% <\/strong>\u2013 The increase in the rate of violent incidents among people in custody in city jails. The rate of assaults on staff increased <strong>31%<\/strong> from the previous fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>0<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Escapes from city jails, the first time in five years there hasn\u2019t been at least one<\/p>\n<p><strong>53% <\/strong>\u2013 The proportion of NYPD officers disciplined following closed police misconduct cases, down from 89% in fiscal year 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>470 <\/strong>\u2013 The decline in the number of newly completed units of supportive and other housing for homeless New Yorkers, down to 2,324 from a recent peak of 2,794 units in fiscal year 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>601,100 &amp; 1,796,300<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0The number of people receiving cash assistance and food stamps benefits, respectively, both of which are increasing<\/p>\n<p><strong>101 <\/strong>\u2013 Vacant lots cleaned across the city, down from a recent high of 1,652 lots cleaned in fiscal year 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>280%<\/strong> \u2013 Increase in summonses and warnings issued for violations of newly expanded rules for putting garbage in bins over the previous fiscal year<\/p>\n<p><strong>166,500<\/strong> \u2013 Tons of diverted organic waste, which is up 28.5% over the previous fiscal year, now that curbside composting has been expanded to all five boroughs<\/p>\n<p><strong>34,667<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Trees planted, down 18% from last year<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.5 miles <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0New miles of bus lanes installed \u2013 the lowest of Adams\u2019 tenure so far<\/p>\n<p><strong>211 <\/strong>\u2013 Total traffic fatalities, which declined for the first time in four years<\/p>\n<p><strong>70,100<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dogs licensed, down 7.4% from the previous fiscal year<\/p>\n<p><strong>6,452,188<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Meals served at older adult centers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How does a city government measure its own work? 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