Mayor Eric Adams on Monday heaped praise on the city’s anti-violence workers for helping to bring shootings in the five boroughs to a record low, an achievement he’s often credited to the work of the NYPD and his administration’s tough-on-crime approach.
In one of his final appearances as mayor, Adams handed keys to the city to nearly 30 groups that together form the city’s Crisis Management System, a network of violence prevention workers who attempt to mediate local conflicts and connect teens and young adults at risk of gun violence with city services.
Adams, who expanded CMS earlier in his term, said the work the organizations do in their neighborhoods often goes overlooked, but that it no doubt played a role in potentially bringing shootings down to their lowest point in the city’s recorded history this year…