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Full-scale and functional exercises/drills
Prepare City government, the public, and private and non-profit partners for any disaster. — Conduct planning, training, drills, and exercises regularly with City partners.
NYCEM's own reporting attributes the drop from 20 exercises in Fiscal 2022 to just 8 in Fiscal 2023 to agency resources being diverted to support the City's asylum seeker operations that year. The count recovered to 13 in Fiscal 2024 and held steady in Fiscal 2025.
Researched July 16, 2026 — NYCEM, Fiscal 2024 Mayor's Management Report, NYCEM, Fiscal 2025 Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above.
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| Fiscal year | Actual | Target |
|---|---|---|
| FY22 | 20 exercises/drills | 14 exercises/drills |
| FY23 | 8 exercises/drills | 14 exercises/drills |
| FY24 | 13 exercises/drills | 14 exercises/drills |
| FY25 | 13 exercises/drills | 14 exercises/drills |
| FY26 (YTD) | 18 exercises/drills | 14 exercises/drills |
Why this is tracked
NYC Emergency Management (created in 1996, made a permanent Charter agency in 2001) is responsible not just for responding to disasters but for preparing City agencies, residents, and outside partners in advance — through planning, drills, and public education — so a response isn't being improvised from scratch when an emergency happens. The agency's own experience on September 11, 2001, when its Emergency Operations Center in 7 World Trade Center was destroyed, is often cited as the event that most shaped how seriously the City now treats advance preparedness.
Source: NYCEM Readiness Bureau — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported quarterly.
Definition: The number of field exercises (full-scale and functional drills that evaluate the mobilization of response to various incident types) held by the agency.