New York City homicide and shootings dropped in 2023 for a second straight year, NYPD data show. There were 380 murder victims last year, an 11% decrease from 2022 when 429 people were killed, Police Department data ending Dec. 24 show. The NYPD recorded 967 shootings in 2023 compared with 1,277 in 2022, a drop of 24.3%, and there were 405 fewer shooting victims in 2023 compared with 2022’s 1,546, down 26.2%. Homicides and gun violence spiked after the pandemic, with 488 murder victims in 2021, prompting Mayor Adams and former Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell to roll out a new anti-gun unit…