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There were 118 recorded shootings in May, down from 172 in the same month last year, according to NYPD data.

Andre T. Mitchell, a founder of a Brooklyn violence interruption group, will co-chair a new task force that will neither draw a budget nor have the power to direct city resources.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, in response to the mass shootings that have occurred around the United States over the five months he has been in office, on Thursday named a "gun violence czar" to hea. New York mayor names "gun violence czar" | World | English edition | Agencia EFE

New York, Jun 2 (EFE).- New York City Mayor Eric Adams, in response to the mass shootings that have occurred around the United States over the five months he has been in office, on Thursday named a “gun violence czar” to head an ad hoc group tasked with preventing and/or finding a solution to this …

“Everybody's going to start telling me ‘Why did you pick this one? Why don't you pick that? Because I'm the mayor,” Adams said.

With gun violence plaguing New York City, today Mayor Eric Adams is expected to name a gun violence czar. The official announcement is planned for Thursday afternoon at city hall.

Andre T. Mitchell, a Brooklyn violence intervention specialist and community activist, will co-chair NYC's gun violence task force

Elected on the premise that he could reduce violent crime, Mayor Eric Adams continues to be confronted with a stubbornly high number of gun offenses.

Arrests and incarceration won’t stop urban gun violence. Instead, a growing number of researchers say community violence prevention is the most promising solution.