NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Gun violence is a high precedence of the town’s new mayor.
On Sunday, Eric Adams heard from households whose family members had been gunned down, CBS2’s Thalia Perez reported.
The pictures from the town’s gun violence disaster is disturbing, and the brand new mayor’s message to these behind the crimes is highly effective.
“You’ll not deliver violence to this metropolis. That isn’t going to proceed to occur within the metropolis of New York,” Adams stated.
Adams spent his second day in workplace with NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell and elected officers, listening to the tales of trauma from households who misplaced family members.
In 2008, Marie Delus misplaced her nephew, Pierre-Paul Jean-Paul, Jr., after he was gunned down in Cambria Heights, Queens. He was 20 years previous. She stated her message to the mayor was survivors need assistance, too.
“In case you misplaced anyone to gun violence in your space, in your home, in your housing facility, try to be moved since you’re in peril, too,” Delus stated.
Adams stated the assembly with the households was one a part of his general technique to scale back gun violence.
“Once I converse to those moms and say I wish to put a plainclothes anti-gun unit in place, they are saying what took you so lengthy?” Adams stated.
Adams stated a part of the plan is bringing again a reformed model of the Anti-Crime Unit, a squad that was criticized for being too aggressive however earned accolades for getting weapons off the road and reducing crime.
Adams additionally pledged to step up the efforts of the NYPD’s Joint Gun Process Drive to focus on and take down gang members.
“We’re gonna roll it out. We’re not going to do something in secret. When the commissioner finalizes the ultimate operation, we’re gonna do a pleasant presentation and allow you to see how it’s,” Adams stated.
The mayor stated that is just the start. He plans to have comparable conferences in every borough, take a look at the very best practices, and create a complete method to deal with gun violence.
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CBS2’s Thalia Perez contributed to this report.
