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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                   MAY 02, 2025     |  The Indian Eye 20

                        MAYOR ADAMS, NYPD COMMISSIONER

              TISCH, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS

                 DESTROY 3,575 SEIZED ILLEGAL FIREARMS

            Shootings Down in All Five Boroughs Following Quarter with Fewest Shootings in History

            OUR BUREAU
            NEW YORK, NY

                  ew York City Mayor Eric Ad-
                  ams, New York City Police
            NDepartment (NYPD) Com-
            missioner Jessica S. Tisch, and var-
            ious community and faith activists
            and leaders have celebrated the de-
            struction of 3,375 seized illegal hand-
            guns and 200 rifles. The firearms — a
            small fraction of the more than 21,400
            seized firearms under the Adams ad-
            ministration —  were  demolished at
            evidence destruction vendor Reworld
            in Westbury, New York to ensure a
            safe and secure disposal process.
                “Today, we say goodbye and good
            riddance to thousands of illegal guns
            that no longer threaten the safety of
            our neighborhoods, our families, or
            our children by sending over 3,500 il-
            legal guns off to their final destination:
            into a gun chipper to be turned into
            scrap metal and eventually recycled,”   The firearms destroyed today will  first time in seven years that the city  394 in 2023, 438 in 2024, and already
            said Mayor Adams. “These guns will  be donated to the School of Coopera-  has had zero murders in the transit  71 so far year-to-date.
            never be used again to endanger an-  tive Technical Education (Coop Tech),  system. Additionally, quarter one had   In July 2024, Mayor Adams led
            other child, terrify another New York-  part of New York City Public Schools.  the lowest number of shootings for  the charge in urging the U.S. Supreme
            er, or destroy another life. Although  Students who are enrolled in the Coop  any three-month period in the city’s  Court to uphold commonsense ghost
            today’s destruction has dammed up  Tech welding vocational program will  recorded history.            gun regulations. Along with Mayors
            one more river that leads to the sea of  repurpose the metal and create a me-  These historic declines in gun vi-  Against Illegal Guns and Manhattan
            violence, we know that there is always  morial to honor the many victims and  olence were also accompanied by a  District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr.,
            more work to be done. We will keep  their families who have been affected  10.9 percent reduction in overall index  Mayor Adams announced the filing of
            pressing  for  more  —  more  officers,  by gun  violence. The memorial  will  crime across the city through March  an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme
            more safety, more results. And because  aim to represent not only the resilience  31, with major reductions in crime and  Court in Garland v. VanDerStok, in
            of our continued mission to eradicate  of  New  York  City  after  tragedy  but  shootings in all five boroughs.  support of federal regulations issued
            gun violence, New York City continues  also act as a reminder for generations   Out of the more than 21,400 guns  by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
            to be the safest big city in America.”  to come that it is never acceptable to  seized since the beginning of the Ad-  Firearms and Explosives that require
                “Destroying these 3,575 illegal  possess  an  illegal  firearm  or  commit  ams administration, over 1,400 of  ghost gun parts to have serial num-
            guns is the final step in a process that  violence against another individual.  them  have  been  identified  as  ghost  bers and compel background checks
            starts with precision policing — iden-  Because of the Adams adminis-  guns — unserialized, and therefore  for prospective buyers of ghost gun
            tifying the right targets, recovering  tration’s steadfast focus on eradicating  untraceable, firearms that are put to-  home-assembly kits.
            the right weapons, and getting them  gun violence, homicides and shootings  gether by components purchased ei-  Ending gun violence continues to
            off our streets for good,” said NYPD  have consistently declined over the  ther as a kit or as separate pieces or  be Mayor Adams’ top priority. In his
            Commissioner Tisch. “Every one of  last three years, dropping a total of  printed through 3-D printers, and that  first month in office, in January 2022,
            these guns was in the hands of some-  22.7 percent and 42.2 percent, respec-  are fully-functioning just like fully-fin-  Mayor Adams released the “Blueprint
            one who never should’ve had it. And  tively. Through the first three months  ished,  serialized  firearms.  These  un-  to End Gun Violence,” which laid out
            each one represents a violent act that  of 2025, homicides decreased by 34.4  traceable firearms often end up in the  his priorities to immediately address
            was prevented because the NYPD  percent and shootings decreased by  hands of criminals, as well as underage  the crisis of guns on New York City
            got there first. This is how you drive  23.1 percent compared to the same  purchasers. Incidents involving ghost  streets. Pursuant to the blueprint, in
            down shootings, and it’s exactly what  period the previous year, representing  guns reflect a dangerously escalating  March 2022, the NYPD launched its
            we’ll keep doing. Thank you to Mayor  50 fewer shooting victims. Quarter one  trend, one that the NYPD is leading  Neighborhood Safety Teams to focus
            Adams for giving us the tools, the sup-  of 2025 had the second-lowest num-  the charge against. The NYPD recov-  on gun violence prevention in areas
            port, and the backing to do this work  ber of homicides in the city’s recorded  ered 17 ghost guns in 2018, 48 in 2019,  that account for a disproportionate
            at the highest level.”            first-quarter history, and marked the  150 in 2020, 263 in 2021, 585 in 2022,  number of citywide shootings.

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