New York City released its Fiscal Year 2026 Mayor's Management Report (MMR) on Sept. 17. It is the first report since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office and covers agency performance from July 2025 through June 2026. Major felony crime fell by more than 2%, murders dropped 20%, and affordable housing completions reached 26,971, the most in the past five years.
New York City released its Fiscal Year 2026 Mayor's Management Report (MMR) on Sept. 17. The report tallies city agency performance from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, and is the first since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office. The first half of the reporting period falls under the previous administration of Eric Adams. The city said major felony crime fell by more than 2% to 118,866 incidents, murders fell 20%, and shooting incidents fell by more than 16%. Burglary dropped by more than 9%, robbery by nearly 9%, and auto theft by more than 7%.
Housing and Jobs
Affordable housing completions rose 20% to 26,971 units, the most in the past five years. The city said it also financed 2,546 supportive housing units and 4,742 affordable homes for people who have experienced homelessness, the largest figure for a single fiscal year in city history. Job placements by the Human Resources Administration (HRA) rose 33% to 29,100, and the number of workers identified as eligible for restitution for issues such as unpaid wages grew about tenfold, from 7,531 to 73,817. The city distributed 62 million pounds of food, up 32%.
Streets, Parks and Sanitation
Pothole repairs rose 27% to 229,000, speed bump installations rose 25%, and tree plantings rose 61% to 55,000. Bus lanes expanded from 5.5 miles the previous year to 12 miles. With the expansion of mandatory organics recycling, organic material recycled rose 25% to 205,100 tons, and the Department of Sanitation's residential curbside collection productivity reached 8.2 tons per truck shift, meeting its annual target for the first time since Fiscal Year 2005. Membership at park recreation centers rose 13% to nearly 180,000, with 2.11 million visits annually.
Youth and Health
Participation in the Department of Youth and Community Development's (DYCD) Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) hit a record 97,444, and across all city programs combined it exceeded 100,000. Youth job placements through the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) rose 26%, and youth use of recreation centers rose by nearly 50%. The wait for the next available adult primary care appointment fell 31%, from 13 days to 9 days, and use of the NYC 988 mental health line rose 40% to 466,712. Congenital syphilis cases fell 38%, from 37 to 23.
The MMR is an annual report on city agency performance that has been published for about 50 years and is prepared by the Mayor's Office of Operations. Operations Director Annie Levers said the report is the basis on which residents can see how city government is performing and a starting point for improving services. The full report is available on the Mayor's Office of Operations page at nyc.gov.