Builds on NYPD’s Work to Reduce Gun Violence and Deliver Record-Low Shooting Incidents and Victims in the First Five Months of the Year
On Gun Violence Awareness Day, Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch today announced that the NYPD has removed more than 2,000 guns from New York City streets since January 2026. In total, the NYPD has seized 2,109 total guns so far this year, with 590 guns seized in Brooklyn, 516 in Manhattan, 496 in the Bronx, 392 in Queens, and 115 on Staten Island. More than 100 of these guns were ghost guns, which are unserialized and untraceable firearms that only exist to evade law enforcement and gun laws, often ending up in the hands of criminals.
The NYPD’s work to remove guns from the streets and take down the most dangerous gangs also contributed to the historic lows in shootings in New York City. As a result of the NYPD’s precision crime fighting strategies, during the first five months of this year, the NYPD delivered the fewest murders, shooting incidents, and shooting victims in recorded history. For the month of May, New York City saw the fewest shooting incidents and shooting victims in any May in recorded history, and the NYPD delivered historic lows in public housing, with the fewest murders, shooting incidents, and shooting victims for the first five months of any year in recorded history.
“Since the start of the year, the NYPD has taken more than 2,000 guns off our streets. Over the same time period, the NYPD has driven murders, shooting incidents, and shooting victims to record lows,” said NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch. “That is not an accident. These results reflect a police department that has identified the drivers of violence, built a strategy around them, and executed that strategy with discipline. But this work only becomes lasting when our prosecutors stand with us and turn enforcement into consequences. I am grateful to our partners in law enforcement for their work on the cases that remove illegal guns, dismantle trafficking pipelines, and hold the people driving violence accountable.”
“Disrupting the cycle of gun violence and saving lives is directly attributable to the partnership of federal and local prosecutors, police officers, detectives, and Special Agents working tirelessly to take firearms out of the hands of criminals,” said U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella, Jr. “Our office was the first U.S. Attorney’s Office to prosecute gun traffickers in a federal court in New York under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. On National Gun Violence Awareness Day, our office offers thanks and respect to the incredibly brave undercover officers in this line of work, like the two NYPD officers who purchased 21 firearms in Queens from a parolee with a prior manslaughter conviction. These officers faced great personal risk during this operation, which has successfully ended with this defendant pleading guilty last week in the Eastern District of New York.”
“Our mission is simple: to aggressively use our federal tools and resources to support Commissioner Tisch and our federal partners to get criminals with guns off of our streets, and to keep them off of our streets after they are arrested,” said Criminal Division Chief for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York Amanda Houle. “We are charging more violent criminals, and we are bringing those charges more swiftly. No street, park, school zone, housing community, or subway station in this city should be plagued by criminals with guns. We are here to double down on our commitment to the work ahead. That is what every New Yorker deserves.”
“We commend Commissioner Tisch and members of the NYPD for getting guns off our streets," said Deputy Mayor for Community Safety Renita Francois. “Every gun removed helps prevent violence before it happens. The Mamdani administration will continue its comprehensive public safety strategy, including historic investments in prevention, community safety, violence intervention, youth engagement, and neighborhood-based solutions that help to deliver record-low levels of shootings and gun violence. As we mark Gun Violence Awareness Month, we honor those we have lost and recommit ourselves to supporting the community-based organizations, violence interrupters, outreach workers, and members of the NYPD, who all play a role in keeping New Yorkers safe.”
- A conspiracy investigation by the NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Office involving nine separate shootings over the course of a year, including in-and-around public housing. One of the guns recovered was used in at least seven of the shootings.
- An investigation by NYPD detectives in the Bronx alongside Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark’s Office into three young people responsible for the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old, as well as the wounding of a 13-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy near a busy intersection.
- A 13-month investigation by the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s Office charging 15 alleged members of Coney Island-based gangs for participation in 16 shootings where one person was murdered and four innocent bystanders were hurt.
- A 13-month undercover investigation by the NYPD and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s Office that took 38 firearms out of circulation, including ghost guns, a TEC-9, and a conversion device capable of turning a handgun into a fully automatic weapon.
- A joint investigation by the NYPD, federal law enforcement partners, and the Office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York led by Jay Clayton that resulted in the guilty plea of an individual who illegally purchased and trafficked approximately 118 guns from North and South Carolina back to New York City to resell.
- An investigation by the NYPD Intelligence Division, federal law enforcement partners, and the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York led by Joseph Nocella Jr. that foiled a firearms trafficking scheme to manufacture and sell untraceable ghost guns. The investigation recovered multiple homemade firearms, nine switches, 3D printers, and over 100 rounds of ammunition.
In May, there were two fewer shooting incidents compared to the previous record low set in 2025 (51 vs. 53), and seven fewer shooting victims than the previous record also set in 2025 (58 vs. 65). This May also featured the safest Memorial Day weekend in the city’s history with only three shooting incidents and four shooting victims across the four-day stretch, from Friday, May 22 through Monday, May 25, breaking last year’s record when there were seven shooting incidents and seven shooting victims.
The NYPD continued to deliver historic lows in crime in New York City’s public housing with the fewest murders, shooting incidents, shooting victims, and robberies in the first five months of any year in recorded history. So far this year, murders were down a staggering 46.7% (8 vs. 15), shooting incidents were down 24.5% (40 vs. 53), and shooting victims were down 30% (42 vs. 60).
This builds on the momentum the NYPD put into motion last year. In 2025, New York City had the fewest shooting incidents ever recorded, with 66 fewer shootings than the previous low set in 2018, making it the safest year ever for gun violence. In December 2025, the city set the single-month record for the fewest shootings with just 35 shootings. Shooting victims also fell to a historic low last year, beating the record set in 2018 by more than 40 victims, and every borough saw double-digit percentage reductions in gun violence in 2025.
To address youth violence, the department implemented its Youth Violence Safety Zones, modeled after the Violence Reduction Plan. These zones focus on the areas where young people are most at risk — commuter corridors, bus stops, and routes to and from school. Since its inception in September 2025, overall youth-related crime is down 52.7% (185 vs. 391), shooting incidents are down 61.9% (8 vs. 21), and shooting victims are down 60.9% (9 vs. 23) in the zones during deployment hours.
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