New York’s broken mental health system pressures doctors to release severely psychotic patients -- and likely played a role in the attack on a tourist this week in Macy’s Herald Square, insiders and other critics told The Post Saturday.

The NYPD rightfully trumpets an historic drop in major crime this year, but its stats on quality-of-life complaints expose a city in decline that will likely only get worse under cop-hating, laissez-faire NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, critics told The Post.

Mayor Eric Adams during an exclusive interview this week with The Post’s Rich Calder said he has no regrets heading into his final days in office, insisting he won’t miss the headaches of the job and looks forward to accepting private sector gigs and writing a book.