Abdul Nasser Rad is the senior advisor for public safety to the First Deputy Mayor in the Office of the New York City Mayor where he leads the public safety portfolio. He has extensive experience in both government and non-profits working on public safety and criminal justice issues.
Most recently, he led efforts to synthesize and disseminate practical ideas to make New York and other cities safer and better as the Chief Policy Officer at Vital City. Before Vital City, Rad led research and data for Campaign Zero. Previously, he was at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) where he led research and data efforts for the NYC Police Reform and Reinvention Implementation Taskforce and the NYC Office of Neighborhood Safety. Prior to MOCJ, he worked as an applied researcher at the Vera Institute of Justice where he examined enforcement trends, 911/emergency response, conducted law enforcement agency evaluations, and provided technical assistance to law enforcement agencies/local municipalities on developing more comprehensive performance metrics around public safety.
Rad completed his PhD in sociology at the University of Oxford. He holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford and a B.A. from Hunter College (City University of New York).
