City Council Member Erik Bottcher, who represents Chelsea & Hell’s Kitchen, recently wrote a letter to the NYPD asking for a boost in officers patrolling his district.
City Council Member Erik Bottcher, who represents Chelsea & Hell’s Kitchen, recently wrote a letter to the NYPD asking for a boost in officers patrolling his district. ( Photo: Erik Bottcher )

In an April 17 letter addressed to both Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, City Council Member Erik Bottcher wrote that he wants a “restoration of NYPD officer headcount across the six precincts serving Council District 3.”

Police Force Headcount Way Down in Six Manhattan Pcts, Says Council Member Bottcher
05 May 2025 | 06:32
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City Council Member Erik Bottcher has requested an elevation in police force “headcount” for his West Side district, which is centered around Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. It also includes parts of Lower Mnahattan and the Upper West Side.

After the police force in his district has seen declining staffing...

Looking east down 26th Street through the Chelsea-Elliot Houses that the city would like to tear down and have rebuilt by private real estate developer Related because, the city says, the repair costs of $1.5 billion equal the cost of rebuilding new.
Looking east down 26th Street through the Chelsea-Elliot Houses that the city would like to tear down and have rebuilt by private real estate developer Related because, the city says, the repair costs of $1.5 billion equal the cost of rebuilding new. ( Photo: Tdorante10/Wikimedia Commons)

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