Sentences with phrase «gun violence in the city as»

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Democrats in the Assembly won more funding for transportation and the New York City Housing Authority, as well as a vote on a bill to take guns from people accused of domestic violence.

That Harlem was the only stop the cyclists made in New York City was a fact not lost on those in attendance, as the neighborhood knows well the scourge of gun violence.

At noon, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, Captain Mark Kelly, NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray, NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh and others call on New Yorkers to vote to stop gun violence as Giffords» «Vocal Majority» bus tour stops in NYC, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

I believe we can all come together as a city and work collectively to end gun violence, reduce tensions in our neighborhoods, and improve police - community relations.»

Syracuse TRUCE started two years ago, as a collaboration between police and community service organizations with the aim of reducing gun violence in the city.

Inspired by students from the targeted Florida high school, as many as 500,000 people are expected to rally against gun violence and in favor of stricter gun laws on March 24 in Washington, D.C., with sister marches taking place in cities across the world.

«Studies like this are particularly important right now, given the incidence of gun violence in cities such as Chicago and the renewed attention to gang crime nationwide,» Berdychevsky said.

«Reduce crime and gun violence and stabilize neighborhoods: A randomized controlled study: As much as a 29 percent reduction in gun violence in poor neighborhoods could translate into hundreds of fewer shootings every year for cities affected by blighted spaces.&raquAs much as a 29 percent reduction in gun violence in poor neighborhoods could translate into hundreds of fewer shootings every year for cities affected by blighted spaces.&raquas a 29 percent reduction in gun violence in poor neighborhoods could translate into hundreds of fewer shootings every year for cities affected by blighted spaces.»

Now, as an adult, he works to put an end to gun violence in his community by applying what he knows about fighting to issues in his city.

(Newser)-- As hundreds of thousands march Saturday in cities around the US in support of gun control, the editorial staff of the Eagle Eye — the school newspaper at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, where 17 people were killed in a shooting in February — are pushing nine changes to fight gun violence in the US.