The NYPD’s newest unit of crime-fighters deals in a dangerous game, but safety is their middle name.
The much-publicized new NYPD Neighborhood Safety Teams were ceremonially unveiled Wednesday morning in Queens with fanfare and speeches from Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell. Both the department brass and the Adams administration are counting on the new teams to help turn around the alarming spike in gun violence New York has experienced over the past two years.
