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NYPD tells council development-level NYCHA crime data are already public; sponsors seek standardized format
Summary
Deputy Speaker Ayala sponsored Intro 122 to require NYPD to publish crime data for each NYCHA development. NYPD testified it already posts development-level statistics (the "Eagle Report"), and the housing bureau said converted RAD/PAC sites remain on the report; committee requested clearer links and formats.
Council Member Ayala introduced Intro 122 at a Committee on Public Housing oversight hearing, a bill that would require the New York Police Department to publish crime statistics for each NYCHA development and make that information available to the City Council.
At the hearing, Deputy Speaker Ayala described the problem from her perspective as a representative of communities with large NYCHA portfolios: she told the committee that she lacks development-level crime data to inform resource allocation and constituent services. "I would really welcome more information and more transparency in regards to what's happening, at my developments," she said.
Josh Levin, director of legislative affairs for the NYPD, told the committee the department already posts development-level crime data online and corrected the record that such data exist. "For several years now, we have posted data that is extremely granular, and it is broken down by each individual housing development," Levin said, pointing committee members to a downloadable report (referred to in testimony as the department's "Eagle Report") that includes multi-window views (28-day, weekly and yearly) and development-level rows under each PSA and precinct.
Chief Charles McAvoy, head of the NYPD Housing Bureau, confirmed the department treats RAD/PAC conversions the same way for reporting: if a development formerly managed under Section 9 converts to RAD/PAC, statistics for that development continue to appear on the NYPD development-level report so residents can check crime statistics for their site. The NYPD and housing-bureau witnesses told the committee the report contains no personally identifying information and is safe to publish for community use.
Council members asked the NYPD to provide a clear link and an explanation of the report format for public use; Inspector Howard Gottesman and Chief McAvoy said they could supply the document and noted the department has a unit that works with NYCHA to reclaim vacant and illegally occupied apartments. The housing bureau said its reclamation work reclaimed 356 units in calendar year 2024 and 92 so far in the current year through a partnership with NYPD.
The committee did not vote on Intro 122 at the hearing. NYPD agreed to provide the committee a direct link and guidance on how residents and council offices can access the existing development-level data, and to follow up on whether the report includes every RAD/PAC site in the format Intro 122 envisions.
