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as Shootings Spike in New York city, eric adams

calls for crackdown on Illegal gun Trafficking

Our Bureau used at subway stations.
Establishing an inter-
New York, NY state task force to coordinate

eading mayoral candi- NYPD investigations focused
date Eric Adams has on illegal gun trafficking with
Lshared his plan to com- jurisdictions supplying illegal
bat illegal gun trafficking in guns to New York, focused on
New York City, amid a spike in the small number of dealers
shootings across the five bor- that supply the bulk of illegal
oughs; over this most recent guns; this would work in con-
weekend, there were at least cert with plans he has already
15 shooting incidents across mentioned for a tri-state com-
the five boroughs. Reports in mission to formulate policy
recent years have noted that proposals that would stop the
upwards of 90 percent of guns flow of illegal handguns into
used to commit a crime in this our communities, as well as to
city come from another state. coordinate a multi-state East
He released a series of pro- Coast compact to share intel-
posed actions outside the lo- ligence on illegal gun dealers
cal field office of the Alcohol, and potential traffickers.
Tobacco, and Firearms Bu- Seeking arrests and pros-
reau (ATF) alongside Coun- ecutions, under “impact juris-
cil Member Adrienne Adams, diction,” of out-of-state illegal
chair of the Committee on is public safety. It is time to get department spending, includ- gun dealers selling into New
Public Safety. serious on crime, and on the ing a strategic civilianization of York City, and pursuing civil
illegal guns fueling it, and my non-patrol roles and lowering remedies as well.
monthly
Coordinating
plan is the plan to make New
“We need to tackle the York City safe.” overtime costs related to pa- meetings involving all City/
perwork.
supply of guns that is re- “The proliferation of gun Establishing regular meet- State/Federal agencies that
sponsible for this blood- violence is on the mind of all ings between the commanding “touch” illegal gun arrests,
officer of the Gun Violence prosecutions, and adjudica-
New Yorkers,” said Council
shed, and we need to ad- Member Adrienne Adams. Suppression Division and tions.
community stakeholders in our
Organizing an interstate
dress the demand for the “We must have a plan that is highest gun crime precincts, to coalition to appeal to the Su-
aggressive, feasible, and work-
behaviors and decisions able in order to make a suc- discuss individual shootings preme Court in defense of
cessful breakthrough on this
that lead to the bloodshed epidemic of violence. Borough and patterns as well as to en- New York’s handgun law.
hance the community’s role in
“Gun violence is destroying
in the first place,” said President Eric Adams presents pursuit of getting illegal guns too many of our city’s fami-

mayoral candidate eric a robust vision to public safety off the streets. lies and communities,” said
that we need.”
Creating a Special Citywide Congressman Tom Suozzi. “I
adams. Eric Adams’ plan to combat Prosecutor for Illegal Guns, endorsed Eric because, as a
illegal gun trafficking includes: with the dedicated resources former captain in the police
“As Senate Republicans Shifting resources into and focus needed to manage department and an experi-
block common-sense gun re- the NYPD’s Gun Violence and litigate illegal gun cas- enced public official, he knows
forms, including passing back- Suppression Division, a high- es, and to help our pursuit of how to combat senseless gun
ground checks and reautho- ly-specialized unit within the seeing these cases adjudicated crimes, starting with getting
rizing the Violence Against Detectives Bureau tasked with more swiftly in our court sys- illegal guns off the streets and
Women Act, we must lead on seizing illegal guns and build- tem. out of the hands of criminals.
the local level to combat the ing cases against illegal carri- Preventing guns from com- I pledge to work closely with
Iron Pipeline and get illegal ers and traffickers; this shift in ing into our city through our Eric and help in any way that
guns out of our communities. resources will be accompanied bus and train stations with spot I can to make New York City
The prerequisite to prosperity by a plan to control wasteful checks, similar to those already neighborhoods safer.”

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