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For the first time, Jacksonville hosted the Group Violence Intervention conference — part of the National Network For Safe Communities — to discuss strategies to fight gang violence and reduce shootings and murders in the city.

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Crown Heights leaders rallied against youth gun violence on Thursday, days after a 17-year-old was shot at the Major R. Owens community center.

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday signed two bills into law designed to support and hold accountable nonprofits participating in the city’s violence interrupter

New York City’s first-ever Gun Violence Prevention Czar Andre “AT” Mitchell receives a monumental win for his Nonprofit Organization

Many argue the most effective way to cut down crime is to stop it before it even happens. The answers on how to do that might lie with the people who have personally been there before.

The mayor suggested that one remedy could be for Democrats, who are often more inclined to talk about long-term criminal justice solutions — like affordable housing, education and social programs — to focus their attention on creating alliances in the area or “intervention,” or police response.

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Mitchell has been investigated for mishandling city funds and hiring his relatives 

More police, summer jobs and a new task force are part of Mayor Eric Adams’ plan.