Sentences with phrase «gun courts»

Seeking to quell stubbornly persistent gun - related violence in New York City, de Blasio today will unveil a new system for handling such cases, creating a dedicated gun court in Brooklyn and a 200 - officer police division focused on gun crime.

At Tuesday night's forum, the candidates discussed the establishment of gun courts, funding for initiatives and community policing.

Perez Williams on the campaign trail said she would prioritize the city's poverty issues, fill the remaining police officer vacancies in the Syracuse Police Department and entertain the idea of a gun court where all gun crimes would be heard by a single judge.

She outlined a plan to institute a gun court in Syracuse modeled after the one in Rochester.

By 2020, officials in that western New York city expect gun violence to decrease by about 50 percent, in part due to the gun court program, Perez Williams said.

To address crime, Democratic candidate Juanita Perez Williams said as mayor, she would take a close look at Rochester's gun court, a program that assigns gun - related criminal prosecution to one judge.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton shot his mouth off Tuesday by revealing a planned new initiative to set up special «gun courts» to get violent criminals off the streets faster — ...