The NYPD just expanded its special quality-of-life teams to cover all of Brooklyn after a pilot project showed they are succeeding in tackling “everyday issues,’’ city officials said Monday.
Since the first “Q-Teams’’ were launched in six city police precincts in April, they have handled more than 23,400 quality-of-life calls on everything from illegal mopeds to homeless encampments, open drug use, abandoned vehicles and noise issues, Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch revealed at a press conference.
“This is a real shift in how we serve neighborhoods, and it’s working,” Tisch said.
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The Brooklyn expansion adds to the teams’ complete coverage in Manhattan and The Bronx. Queens is set to be covered by Aug. 11 and Staten Island by Aug. 18, officials said…