Sentences with phrase «on gun violence in the city»

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The students said they are organizing «March for Our Lives» rallies in Washington and other major U.S. cities on March 24 to demand action on curbing gun violence.

His comments followed hundreds of thousands of people who protested in cities across the country on Saturday to oppose gun violence and call for change.

«That is why we set up the Tackling Gangs Action Programme last year to focus on gun and gang violence in the four cities where over half of gun crime occurs.»

«The issue of homelessness in New York City and housing in Rochester, gun violence in Brooklyn, gun violence in Syracuse, the relief of the opioid crisis on Staten Island, the relief of the opioid crisis in Cortland.

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.

Elected officials, community leaders, victims and their family members will join Diaz Jr. in an effort to draw attention to the impact of gun violence on the public safety in the Bronx and in the city.

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.

At 5 p.m., the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City hosts a panel discussion on the role social media plays in gun violence, with New York University's Dr. Shabnam Javdani and others, John Jay College, Moot Court Room, 524 W. 59th St., Manhattan.

Police Commissioner James O'Neill said officers will not let up on going after the criminals responsible for most of the violence in a few areas of the city — gang members and people who illegally possess guns.

Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly sat in the front row of a large hotel conference room on Wednesday morning, waiting for his turn to speak about New York City's gun violence.

Many of these stories were reported during the time I had proposed legislation in the Common Council establishing a task force on gun violence for the city of Albany.

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.

If there was one bona fide trend at Park City it was of film - makers taking on gun violence and gun control in creative ways.

Liev Schreiber shows his support for the fight to end gun violence while attending the March for Our Lives on Saturday morning (March 24) in New York City.

Hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, and parents packed streets near the White House and the U.S. Capitol and marched in cities around the globe on Saturday to demand more - restrictive gun laws and decry gun violence, the latest in a series of massive demonstrations sparked by the Parkland, Fla., school shooting that killed 17 people last month.

Carrying crosses emblazoned with photos and names of the city's victims of gun violence, high school senior D'Angelo McDade, front right, leads a march in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood during a walkout to protest gun violence, on March 14.

A wave of shootings in the Irish Channel that may be connected to an attack on a school bus last month and another outbreak of gun violence in the Central City area led to a joint operation of more than 40 officers being deployed to find the shooters and suppress the gunfire, authorities said this week.

The operation was launched on October 27 to combat the rising gun violence in Belize City with a special focus on the Southside.

Spearheaded by Stoneman Douglas student activists, the town halls aim to keep the issue of gun violence at the forefront after hundreds of thousands of people marched last month in Washington and other cities, demanding stricter regulations on weapons.

The national event came a week after hundreds of Baltimore students left school to march to City Hall to call for an end to gun violence in schools and on the city's streCity Hall to call for an end to gun violence in schools and on the city's strecity's streets.

The students organized a massive protest in Washington and other cities dubbed the «March for Our Lives» earlier this month and now plan a series of town halls on the subject of gun violence.

WASHINGTON - Summoned by high school students swept up in school violence, thousands swarmed into the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to march for gun control and ignite political activism among the young.