We're Partnering With the NYC City Council on Community Safety. It Starts Tomorrow.

As the city's new Office of Community Safety goes live, we're hitting the ground running.

Photo by Gabriel Beland

Felony assaults in New York City are at historic highs. Mayor Mamdani just signed a new Office of Community Safety into law. Schools, houses of worship, subway platforms, the places where New Yorkers spend their daily lives, have become places people think twice about.

We’re not waiting for things to settle, and neither is the NYC City Council.

CitySafe is proud to be partnering with members of the New York City Council to launch the 2026 Violence Prevention Series, free community safety training coming to all five boroughs. Tomorrow, March 21, we kick off session one in Manhattan, sponsored by Council Member Virginia Maloney. Brooklyn follows with Council Member Julie Won. Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island are next.

This partnership is important. Having Council Members sponsor these sessions borough by borough is a signal that community safety is being taken seriously at every level of city government, right as the new Office of Community Safety is getting off the ground.

Every session is built to include all New Yorkers, especially survivors of hate/gender-based violence and the military-connected community, as this program was made possible through the PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Program, funded by the NYC Department of Veterans’ Services. Trauma-informed, practically focused, and designed around the minutes before first responders arrive.

Session One is tomorrow. Space is limited.