Mayor Eric Adams and the new police commissioner, Edward Caban, announced a new top counterterrorism official on Tuesday.

Caban called the new deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, Rebecca Weiner, the "architect" of the NYPD's counterterrorism efforts.

"She helped build what has become the single best intelligence analyst program of any municipal law enforcement agency in the world," Caban said.

Weiner, a New Mexico native with a degree from Harvard Law School, has held civilian posts in that bureau. Her grandfather, Stanislaw Ulam, worked on the Manhattan Project, which developed the nuclear bomb.

"I'm very proud of that legacy and I'm a firm believer in the power of intelligence, leveraging technology, harnessing knowledge to ensure safety and to save lives — to solve crimes and also to prevent them," Weiner said said.

At 1 Police Plaza, Caban reflected on the state of public safety in the city, even as high-profile shootings and attacks have kept New Yorkers on edge.

"For the first time in years, crime is down, subway crime is down, violence is down, shootings are down," Caban said. "It doesn't happen by chance. It happens by the great work of this leadership team."

Adams responded to questions about crime and safety perceptions at the Tuesday press conference, saying the days of disorder are in the past.

"The city is functioning and you have a mayor that committed to doing this — of turning our city into any and everything goes into a city where everyday New Yorkers are going to have their opportunity," Adams said.