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Vol. 32, Issue 7 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN February 12-18, 2021
New York State Attorney General, Letitia James. Associated Press / Richard Drew, fi le
By Nelson A. King
New York Attorney General,
Letitia James said on Saturday
that 48 firearms were
turned in to law enforcement
at a gun buyback event hosted
by her office, Brooklyn District
Attorney Eric Gonzalez
and the New York City Police
Department.
James said the gun buyback
came as New York City has
experienced record high levels
of gun violence, adding that
the event sought to curb this
devastation by accepting working
and non-working unloaded
firearms — with no questions
asked — in exchange for compensation.
The attorney general said
Saturday’s buyback in Brooklyn
resulted in 48 guns, including
several assault rifles, being
turned in.
Since 2013, the Attorney
General’s Office has hosted
gun buyback events throughout
New York state and has
successfully collected more
than 2,750 firearms.
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Continued on Page 8
By Bert Wilkinson
The Caribbean Community
appears to be getting way more
organized than a month ago in
accessing reasonable quantities
of the COVID-19 vaccine
with India this week announcing
a donation of half a million
doses of the AstraZeneca/
Covidsheild that would initially
be shared among member
nations.
High Commissioner to Guyana
and CARICOM, J.J Srinivasa
this week unveiled the plan
to help the region following
official requests from leaders
such as Barbados Prime Minister,
Mia Mottley. The island
received its allocation by private
jet on Tuesday and Mottley
said some would be shared
with nearby Eastern Caribbean
islands including Dominica in
the coming days.
Other countries like Guyana
are looking to cash in from several
sources including China
with Minister of Health, Dr.
Frank Anthony saying the Chinese
shipment is expected later
this month. Vincentian Prime
Minister, Ralph Gonsalves was
scheduled to take a shot of
the Russian Sputnik vaccine
on Tuesday but it is unclear
if his administration plans to
access doses for the wider population.
In all, Minister Anthony
said Guyana has been able
to source more than 270,000
doses so far, even though none
has arrived in large quantities
Continued on Page 8
James takes dozens of guns off
streets at Brooklyn Gun Buyback
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