On April 10, Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch unveiled a new Quality of Life unit targeting issues like aggressive panhandling and outdoor drug use. The unit will operate across five precincts, employing a Q-Stat system to analyze 311 calls and trends. Mayor Adams emphasized the city's commitment to enhancing livability for residents, stating they would not tolerate nuisances affecting daily life. The initiative has drawn criticism for potential parallels to "broken windows" policing, raising concerns about its impact on marginalized communities, according to advocacy groups.
"Today is about improving the quality of life for all New Yorkers in their neighborhoods, on their blocks, and at their front doors," Tisch said.
"We will not tolerate an atmosphere where anything and everything goes," Mayor Adams said, emphasizing the commitment to address quality of life issues.
"The quality-of-life policing, one way or another, ends up targeting low-income people of color," said Police Reform Organizing Project founder Robert Gangi.
The Q-Stat system will analyze calls and hold monthly meetings to discuss findings and pinpoint troubled areas in the city.
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