Adams' plan earmarks more than $450 million to prevent crime
The top priority is to lower gun violence in six high-crime precincts in Brooklyn and the Bronx, CBS New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
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The top priority is to lower gun violence in six high-crime precincts in Brooklyn and the Bronx, CBS New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
Mayor Adams is joined by Gov. Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James for a public safety announcement from City Hall.
New York City's medical examiner's office is helping get guns off the streets faster.
Handguns and assault rifles can be turned in for $200 cash cards and iPads. Standard rifles, shotguns and air guns can be traded for $25 each.
Jones, 25, was set to fly to Los Angeles when the two firearms were discovered by TSA agents, authorities said.
Police said they confiscated more than $1 million worth of guns, cocaine and ecstasy after busting a trafficking ring in Queens.
Police say he shot and killed a 32-year-old man who he said tried to rob him in Kew Gardens.
New York City's gun czar AT Mitchell shares what keeps him up at night and what he wants for New Yorkers in part two of his conversation on "The Point with Marcia Kramer," exclusively on CBS News New York.
Mayor Eric Adams named AT Mitchell the city's gun czar almost a year ago as part of a multi-pronged strategy to make the streets safer. Watch Mitchell's conversation on "The Point with Marcia Kramer."
The gunman from Saturday's shooting was identified by police as Mauricio Garcia, 33. A source said he was a security guard with no prior serious criminal record.
Congress passed legislation nearly a year ago requiring background checks in all gun sales, including those purchased online or at gun shows. CBS2's Christine Sloan reports.
The suspect was shot and killed by a responding officer who was at the mall on an unrelated call, police said.
Gift cards will be issued in exchange for various firearms.
People of color were more likely to have experienced gun violence, according to the study.
Five people were killed and eight others wounded when a bank employee opened fire.
The shooting took place at an Old National Bank branch in Louisville. Police said the gunman, 25, worked at the bank.
Harris received wild applause and several standing ovations as she told a Nashville crowd that the so-called Tennessee Three were being silenced and stifled for standing up for the lives of schoolchildren.
Tennessee Republicans are facing criticism after expelling two Democratic state lawmakers accused of breaking House rules by joining a gun control demonstration.
It comes in wake of the Nashville school shooting that killed three 9-year-old children and three adults.
"Our police officers have cried and are crying with Nashville and the world," police chief John Drake said at the vigil.
"We strongly believe there was going to be some other targets, including maybe family members, and one of the malls here in Nashville," said Nashville Police Chief John Drake.
The weapons and 200 rounds of ammunition were found inside a storage unit in North Bergen, New Jersey.
Police are offering $200 pre-paid cards and iPads for handguns and assault rifles.
The executive order seeks to ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer.
The move is a significant win for conservative groups and Second Amendment advocates who said tracking gun shop purchases would inadvertently discriminate against legal firearms purchases.
