Mayor Eric Adams reacted Tuesday to the city Civilian Complaint Review Board's annual report, which noted an increase of NYPD misconduct complaints in 2023.

"We continue to drive down crime, and we want to make sure that we look at the report to see were these substantiated?" Adams said.  "Because there's a difference between a report and substantiation."

Meanwhile, the police oversight agency says that while there has been a reduction in investigation times, there was an 80% increase in complaints related to stop, question and frisk.

Also, the number of total complaints received in 2023 came out to more than 5,500. This was an increase of around 50% when compared to 2022 and the highest total since 2012.

Jonathan Darche, the executive director of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, sat down with host Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Tuesday night to talk more about the report's findings.

"Complaints are at a level we haven't seen since 2012. It has been a truly dynamic effort by the staff and board of the [Civilian Complaint Review Board] to reduce investigation times in the face of these increased complaints. But we don't have an answer as to why," Darche said. "The police are being more proactive on the streets, but there doesn't necessarily need to be a correlation between increased police activity and complaints."