It’s time to polish the apple.
NYPD brass will launch a new “quality of life” pilot program at six Big Apple precincts on Thursday — the first step in what top cop Jessica Tisch hopes will evolve into a 2,000-cop citywide task force tackling panhandling, open-air drug use and other gripes from everyday New Yorkers.
The “Q-Team” program, announced by Tisch in February , will function as a new arm of the department, with one supervisor running the show throughout the five boroughs, the police commissioner told The Post.
“We are going to have a new division headed up by a new chief of citywide quality of life,” Tisch said this week. “It’s something you’ve heard us talk about [in] our planning. We’re going to be piloting in six different commands in the city…