President Joe Biden arrived in New York Metropolis Thursday afternoon to fulfill with Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul and talk about the regarding rise in gun violence and crime within the metropolis.
Biden’s go to to New York comes weeks after two New York Metropolis cops died within the line of obligation, and as violent gun crime surges throughout the 5 boroughs. The President is predicted to share how his administration plans to construct on their present gun violence technique, significantly in New York and different cities grappling with a hike in violent crime.
After touchdown at JFK airport, Biden and Legal professional Basic Merrick Garland joined Adams and Hochul on the NYPD in Manhattan to look at how the White Home might assist New York and cities prefer it combating related points.
On the prime of his feedback, Biden paid tribute to the 2 slain officers, Wilburt Mora and Jason Rivera, saying the 2 are ‘the who and what regulation enforcement should be.’
In decreasing crime and making the town safer, Biden stated ‘the reply is to not defund the police.’
A further $350million can be put into reducing crime, however not for reducing police departments, Biden stated. That more money will go towards social providers, psychological well being providers and different group teams to finest serve the wants of residents.
‘We’re not about defunding, we’re about funding and offering the extra providers you want past somebody with a gun strapped to their hip. We want extra social staff, we'd like extra psychological well being staff,’ Biden stated, including that we can not anticipate the police to supply each service a group might have.
Adams, a retired NYPD police captain, was elected, partially, due to his mission to fight violent crime.
Throughout an interview on WBCS 880 earlier Thursday, Adams stated that the assembly could be about pulling federal, state and metropolis regulation enforcement and lawmakers collectively for a ‘9/11 response to the phobia of [gun] violence that’s taking part in out on American cities all through this complete nation.’
Final 12 months, 6,000 weapons have been taken off the streets of New York, Adams stated through the radio present. This 12 months, about 400 have been eliminated since Adams took workplace.
It’s seemingly that Adams and Biden will talk about plans to tackle ‘ghost weapons,’ unserialized, privately made firearms that an increasing number of are being recovered from crime scenes.
Forward of the assembly the White Home launched its plans to crack down on ghost weapons, which incorporates new regulation enforcement strike forces targeted on important firearms trafficking corridors, which would come with New York Metropolis.
Throughout his feedback Thursday afternoon Biden introduced that his administration will launch a nationwide effort to cease ghost weapons and gun trafficking.
‘In the event you commit against the law with a ghost gun, not solely your state and native prosecutors gonna come after you, however anticipate federal expenses and federal prosecution as effectively,’ Biden stated.
Following the assembly, the group will cease at a disaster administration heart in Queens round 2.30pm for a dialog with leaders of native violence intervention applications.
In an interview with PIX 11, Adams stated that whereas in Queens the President would announce a proposal for Congress to allocate $500million for related anti-violence teams.
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