Overview

• Two suspects in the May 24 Bronx ambush of Officer Chowdhury Nafees were arrested in Virginia, with one caught wearing a wig as a disguise
• NYPD statistics record 970 assaults on uniformed officers in 2025, up from 595 at the same point in 2019 and 4% above last year’s pace
• Law enforcement experts and the Police Benevolent Association cite lenient prosecutions and repeat offenders as drivers of the surge
• Felony assaults in the subway system rose 19% to 255 incidents this year, 36% of which targeted NYPD officers or MTA employees amid a 6% drop in overall transit crime
• Commissioner Jessica Tisch has deployed more officers on trains and authorized overtime shifts, warning that any assault on police will face the department’s full force