Overview
- Department figures show 4,056 uniformed hires in 2025 and a current headcount of 34,727, the highest since May 2022 and roughly 200 below the authorized level.
- Commissioner Jessica Tisch says retirements tracked 2005 hiring cohorts and asserts the NYPD is outpacing attrition by more than 800 officers with early exits down over 40% since 2022.
- The Police Benevolent Association counters that quits and retirements topped 3,400 in the last 12 months and warns losses could continue, projecting roughly 1,700 more departures before the new class graduates.
- Recruitment changes this year included lowering college-credit requirements, making about 5,000 additional candidates eligible, and awarding academy graduates 69 college credits.
- The recruits are expected to graduate in about six months and begin service under mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who has proposed maintaining headcount and shifting some duties to a new Department of Community Safety.