Rebuild New York’s neighborhoods, tourist areas, and public spaces into safe, thriving environments through a dual-track strategy: a focused crackdown on violent and organized crime, paired with smart, opportunity-driven reforms for non-violent offenders.

• Violent crime and organized theft undermine confidence in urban and suburban centers.
• Tourist areas — Times Square, Coney Island, Niagara Falls — face aggressive panhandling, open drug markets, vandalism, and petty crime.
• Tourism, investment, and small business vitality depend on reliable safety.
• Non-violent offenders crowd jails without pathways to treatment, credentials, or real work.
• Without action, cycles of addiction, theft, and homelessness escalate — hurting families and local economies.

• Detention for Violent Crimes. Presumptive detention for violent felonies, gang crimes, sex offenses, and armed robbery; swift hearings with victim-notification guarantees.
• Expanded Street-Crime & Anti-Theft Units (with guardrails). Specialized task forces to shut down open-air drug markets, gang territories, organized retail theft rings, and fencing networks — with clear body-cam and stop-reporting standards.
• Gang Intelligence & Gun Pipelines. Expand gang units to dismantle violent crews; target interstate gun pipelines; maintain gang intel databases with periodic due-process audits rather than abolition.
• Tourism Zone Protection. Dedicated units for Times Square, Coney Island, Niagara Falls, and other destinations to eliminate street crime, drug dealing, vandalism, and aggressive panhandling.
• Safe Streets & Parks Initiative. Regular patrols and smart surveillance for parks, boardwalks, greenways, playgrounds, and waterfronts — with published incident dashboards.
• Legal Backbone. Support reforms to cashless bail for violent offenders and chronic violent recidivists; refine Raise the Age for violent juveniles; fix Less Is More so dangerous parole violators aren’t cycled back to the street.
• Prosecutor Misconduct Review Panel. Statewide panel to review and deter misconduct; maintain integrity while delivering tough, lawful prosecution.

• Statewide Safety Staffing Compact. Enable cross-deployment among State Police, MTA, sheriffs, and (with NYC cooperation) NYPD — surge where crime spikes.
• Career Tracks. Create defined tracks (investigations, leadership/management) with transparent benchmarks and peer/leadership evaluations to end crony promotions.
• Residency Flex. Enable municipalities — including NYC — to waive or relax residency requirements via state authorization to widen the recruiting pool.
• Pay & Pension Modernization. Support fair contracts and a 20-year pension option; front-load benefits to improve early-career retention.
• Scheduling That Works. Encourage 10–12 hour tours (where popular), predictable scheduling, and end last-minute mandatory OT for non-emergencies.
• Child-Care Vouchers for Officers. Tie in the Childcare Freedom Act so cops with young families can stay on the job.

• Reinstate & Scale Outreach. Back a specialized Homeless Outreach Unit model statewide, paired with licensed clinicians; distinguish those who need treatment/shelter from those who pose danger.
• Care or Custody. Violent actors are removed; those in crisis are moved to treatment/shelter with consistent follow-up — not left on sidewalks.
• Mental Health First Act Integration. Co-responders, diversion from ER/jail, and mandatory care plans reduce repeat calls and restore order.

• Professional Growth, Not Petty Punishment. Refocus Professional Standards on coaching and performance — not dress-code trivialities.
• Smarter Discipline. Give commissioners discretion within a transparent matrix that weighs context and conduct.
• CCRB Improvements (with NYC). Require investigator ride-alongs; ensure unsubstantiated/admin-closed cases don’t shadow careers; rebalance board with experienced law-enforcement voices.
• Public Dashboards. Publish precinct-level response times, complaint resolution, overtime, and arrest-to-prosecution outcomes.

• State Retail Crime Task Force. Dedicated units for high-theft corridors; precinct-level anti-shoplifting teams; partnerships with BIDs and small business owners.
• Organized Crews. Felony-threshold reforms for serial theft; coordinated prosecution of fencing networks; tech-assisted case building that respects privacy.
• Public Scam Defense. Citywide/statewide education blitz via DA Crime Prevention offices: senior scams, check-washing, ATM skimming, contractor/roofing fraud, and immigrant-targeted cons.

• Dedicated Interdiction Teams. Intercept, impound, and (where lawful) destroy seized illegal vehicles; stream destruction for deterrence.
• Hotspot Coverage. Surge weekend/night enforcement and noise monitoring in known corridors; coordinate with DOT for physical traffic calming.
• Fines to Futures. Earmark fine revenue to youth alternatives — rec centers, motorsport safety programs, and auto-tech training.

• Staff the Pipeline. Fund ADAs, paralegals, and discovery teams to prevent dismissals and backlogs; real-time feedback to police on paperwork quality.
• Permanent Arrest-to-Prosecution Task Force. Police Commissioner, DAs, and NYPD/State Police brass identify choke points and fix them quarterly.
• Special Narcotics Prosecutor Independence. Ensure proper funding and autonomy to dismantle fentanyl networks; more investigators and ADAs, not politics.

• Expand NYS Shock Incarceration (rehab-first boot camps). New sites with discipline, education, therapy, and trade certification; strict timelines and measurable outcomes.
• Rehabilitation-First Sentencing. Divert non-violent drug users and petty thieves into licensed rehab and vocational pipelines before traditional prison where feasible.
• Mandatory Work & Education Tracks. Structured work/school during and after custody; credit bearing with union-vetted skill standards.
• Guaranteed Job Pipelines. Employer and trade-union agreements for post-release placement; GI-to-Skilled-Trades pathways for veterans.
• Addiction & Mental-Health Therapy. Full treatment embedded in Shock and reentry programs; peer recovery coaches and family reunification support.

• Diagnostic Screening. Early clinical screening to connect recipients with treatment, training, or work programs while protecting due-process and civil-rights safeguards.
• Work Requirements (able-bodied adults). Participation in agriculture, sanitation, conservation, or public-service roles paired with training and job placement.
• Fraud Crackdown. Aggressive action against EBT, SNAP, and Medicaid fraud; modern analytics to stop theft without blocking legitimate aid.

• State-Certified Safe Storage. All firearms must be stored in a state-certified steel safe anchored to concrete or structural framing. Safes use factory-set, non-alterable combinations (tamper-evident seals). Separate locking for ammo.
• Owner Accountability & Safe Harbor. If an unsecured firearm is used in a crime, the owner shares liability. Owners who report theft within 24 hours and prove compliant storage receive safe-harbor protections.
• Lost/Stolen Reporting. Mandatory reporting to local police within 24 hours; serials uploaded to a statewide trace system that integrates with ATF eTrace.
• Tax Credit & Made-in-NY Incentive. $500 refundable credit for any household purchasing a certified safe; bonus credit for safes manufactured in New York to create local jobs.
• Gun Crime & Straw Purchase Task Force. Joint State Police–AG unit to prosecute straw buyers, traffickers, and ghost-gun mills; coordinated interstate operations on I-95 pipeline.
• Repeat Violent Offenders. Enhanced penalties and a mandatory floor for repeat violent firearm offenders; fast-track dockets for gun crimes with victim-notification guarantees.
• Schools & Campuses. Fund scanners and secure-entry upgrades using seized-asset funds; expand the School Safety Corps (trained officers + mental-health responders).
• Civil Liberties Balance. Rights-restoration pathway for non-violent felons after 5 years clean with judicial review; maintains constitutional respect while keeping weapons from violent actors.
• Transparency. Annual public reporting of firearm thefts, safe-storage compliance, and recovery rates by county; privacy-safe, data-rich dashboards.

• Mental Health First Act. Clinical co-responders, diversion from ER/jail, and peer-support protections — cutting repeat calls and restoring order humanely.
• Nuclear NY & MTA Power-Up. Reliable power and doubled transit traction capacity improve lighting, cameras, and uptime — key to safer stations and streets.
• Child-Care Access. Stabilizes families so parents can work lawful jobs; reduces neglect/abandonment drivers of juvenile crime.
• Property-Tax Relief & Homestead Protection. Stronger local economies and stable budgets reduce pressure for austerity cuts to policing and youth programs.
• Flood/Infrastructure Fix. Resilient grids, drainage, and emergency shelters prevent disorder spikes after storms and keep neighborhoods secure.

• Day One: Stand up Tourism Zone Protection units (Times Square, Coney Island, Niagara Falls) with 24/7 coverage and public incident dashboards.
• Day One: Activate co-response availability in top-50 call zones; interim guidance shielding trained peer support for first responders.
• Day One: Launch Organized Retail Theft task forces with AG & DA partners; unify case tracking statewide.
• First 100 Days: Expand Shock Incarceration sites; sign employer/union MOUs for guaranteed job pipelines; begin work-requirement pilots with training.
• First 100 Days: Publish bail/detention reform bill text focusing on violent crimes and repeat violent offenders; ensure victim notification and speedy hearings.
• First 100 Days: Recruitment package: residency-flex legislation, childcare voucher pilot, predictable scheduling standards, and merit-based promotion board guidance.
• First 100 Days: Launch Safe Streets & Parks patrol schedules and install lighting/camera upgrades prioritized by incident heatmaps.

• Public Safety Dashboard: Weekly reporting on violent crime, organized theft closures, response times, diversion rates, and tourism-zone incidents.
• Reentry Scorecards: Training completions, job placements, 6/12/24-month recidivism, family reunification measures.
• Prosecution Throughput: Discovery readiness, time-to-disposition, conviction rates (violent/non-violent), and backlog volumes by county.
• Tourism & Small-Biz Indicators: Foot traffic, storefront occupancy, and visitor sentiment trends by district.

• Ideological Resistance. Some oppose targeted enforcement and work/rehab requirements. We lead with evidence and transparency.
• Proof of Results. Rehabilitation-first models and structured work programs reduce repeat offending versus idle time in jail.
• Economic Efficiency. Prevention, rehab, and secure tourism districts save billions compared to long-term incarceration and emergency spending.
• Clear Messaging. Fairness, accountability, and the dignity of work and recovery — the public mandate for safer streets.

New York will prove that public safety and compassion work together: protect the innocent, punish predators, rebuild lives, and restore pride. This is how we revive neighborhoods, small businesses, and our reputation as the safest big state in America.