Mayor Adams Announces Over 1,000 Illegal Guns Removed From NYC Streets

By Idy Perl

NYC is becoming safer in 2025!

Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced today that since the beginning of 2025, the NYPD has removed over 1,000 illegal firearms from NYC streets. This brings the total number of illegal firearms seized since the start of Adams administration to an astounding 20,700. 

This number is more than 3,000 above the total of illegal guns seized in NYC three years before Mayor Adams came into office. Thanks to the Adams administration’s focus on this issue, homicides and shootings have significantly declined over the last 3 years, dropping a total of 42.2 percent and 22.7 percent for shootings and homicides, respectively.

“In the first two months of 2025, New York City saw the fewest number of shooting incidents in the city’s history, a 14.5 percent decline compared to the same period in 2024, and a major victory in our campaign to keep New Yorkers safe,” Mayor Adams said. “Every day, the brave men and women of the NYPD are out there doing this dangerous work — working to protect New Yorkers against violent, armed recidivists ­— and this year alone, they have already removed more than 1,000 illegal guns from city streets. When you deploy well-trained officers to the right areas, New Yorkers can see and feel the difference, and because of our steadfast focus on eradicating gun violence, New York City continues to be the safest big city in America.” 

photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office