The nightmares about the near-death experience drove the happy-go-lucky 22-year-old into a dark place. But no one realized just how dark until it was too late.

Critics have called the initiative a return to zero-tolerance “broken windows” policing but the NYPD commissioner refutes that.

The NYPD is expanding its quality-of-life crackdown to all five boroughs after the department’s pilot program was successful ...