Cuomo Declared Disaster Emergency on Gun Violence
Governor Cuomo was at John Jay for a press releated to declare NY a disaster emergency regarding gun violence.
Cuomo said, “We went from one epidemic to another – we went from the Covid epidemic to gun violence.”
Cuomo said that more people are dying from gun violence than Covid-19 in NY. Fifty-one people were shot over July 4th weekend (26 of those people were in NYC). Cuomo said, “Those weren’t fireworks that you were hearing, that was gunfire.”
Cuomo said, “Let’s start with the facts: Gun violence cost over $280 billion dollars for health care.”
Shootings are up 38% in NYC in 2021 compared to 2021.
Cuomo showed that gun violence discriminates and is hitting the black and brown societies hardest – just like Covid did. In New York State, 59% of gun violence is towards non-white individuals. In NYC, it was 77% of black and brown people who were victims of gun violence!
Governor Cuomo’s Seven Step Gun Violence Program:
1) Treat it like a public health emergency. He will treat gun violence in NY like he worked on the Covid emergency.
2) Target the hotspots – map the shootings and attack the clusters. Cuomo said, “4090 young men age 18-24 are responsible for 48% of the shootings.“
3) Have a positive engagement with the at-risk youth. He is going to get them training and careers in trades.
4) Break the cycle of the escalating violence. People who didn’t have a job or school had nothing to do.
5) Get guns off the street. 74% of guns come from out-of-state. Cuomo is declaring a border war to stop it. He said guns are coming from the South.
6) Get the guns out of the hands of dangerous people. If you have an active warrant, you can no longer buy a guin NYS. Cuomo will have New York State police work on stopping guns from coming into NYS.
7) Rebuild relationship of police and the community.
Cuomo is going to use $138 million to do this.
This is just a sign that Cuomo is running for re-election.
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Hugs,
marlene
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