Mayor Eric Adams has named a new gun violence task force, selecting a community organizer and long-time community-based violence interrupter as a co-chair. As MKramerTV reports, the goal is to take a different approach than the NYPD.
on Thursday named a new gun violence prevention task force, selecting a community organizer and long-time community-based violence interrupter as a co-chair.
The move by the mayor comes at the start of the summer when the city traditionally experiences a dramatic spike in gun violence and more cops are put on the street to get guns, but the role of this task force is different. It's to prevent shootings before they take place using a variety of methods. Adams forcefully defended his decision to establish a gun violence prevention task force made up of civilians, not cops, to go into high crime areas to try to prevent shootings before they start.
The move comes as the mayor has had a hard time stopping gun violence. Yes, the NYPD has removed 3,000 guns from the street since he took office, and yes, the number of shooting incidents are down 10 percent since the start of the year -- 502 through the end of May compared to 558 in 2021 -- but many people still don't feel safe.
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