Pols call for gun violence task
force after Corona mass shooting
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called for a new Joint
Guns & Gangs Task
Force in hopes of quelling
the reign of terror
brought about by gun
violence over the last
year.
“This level of extreme
violence should
be unimaginable for
New York, but it is now
our disturbing reality.
We need a guns and
gangs task force that
goes beyond the work of
the task force already
in place and creates unprecedented
coordination
between all levels
of government — and
we need it now,” Adams
said. “Our challenge is
not just the number of
guns on the street, but
also the gang and crew
violence that leads to so
many of our shootings.
These problems must
be addressed together
through precision policing
supported by intelligence
gathering and
access to information,
including all government
databases.”
The proposed Joint
Guns and Gangs Task
Force would mandate
greater resources regarding
gun investigations,
permitting federal
agencies to work together
more effectively with
local and state law enforcement
to track illegal
gun sales and find local
buyers and sellers of
guns in order to prevent
firearms from reaching
the street level.
Council member
Francisco Moya also
rallied around Adams’
request for action, stating
that never before
had he feared walking
in his hometown of Corona
until now.
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BY DEAN MOSES
Democratic mayoral
candidate and Brooklyn
Borough President
Eric Adams and Council
member Francisco
Moya stood at the scene
of Saturday’s Corona,
Queens, mass shootingon
Sunday afternoon
to demand action.
Caution tape still
billowed in the wind as
throngs of NYPD officers
continued to dash
about the four-block radius
of 99th Street and
38th Avenue on the afternoon
of Aug. 1 following
the nighttime shooting
carried out by two
masked men in gangrelated
violence on July
31, according to police.
Adams, a former police
officer, appeared
physically shaken
shortly after arriving at
the scene on Sunday, apparently
appalled by the
attackers’ disregard for
human life.
Conversing with
NYPD Chief of Department
Rodney Harrison,
Adams looked out at the
long stretch of roadway
from where the gunmen
had wreaked havoc with
a hail of bullets, injuring
10.
Facing a legion of
media cameras, Adams
Adams was shaken by the disregard for life. Photo by Dean Moses
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