A SERIES OF VIOLENT ATTACKS THAT
MEANS THE LIVES OF MANY INNOCENT
NEW YORKERS AND HOOTING
CHILDREN.
NOW THERE IS A PUSH TO HELP STOP
THE VIOLENCE AND AIMED AT
KEEPING AT-RISK KIDS OUT OF
TROUBLE.
JOINING US NOW IS JUMAANE
WILLIAMS.
IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE
WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH?
WHAT WAS THE MODEL AND I KNOW
THAT IT IS TARGETING FIVE
PRECINCTS.
WE HAVE TO PRAY FOR FAMILIES
THAT ARE LOSING LOVED ONES ON
THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY
THAN WE HAVE SEEN THIS INCREASE.
WE HAVE SEEN THE PRESS
CONFERENCES ABOUT HOW WE ARE
TACKLING THE VIRUS, WE HOPE THAT
WE ARE SEEING MORE ABOUT HOW WE
ARE TACKLING GUN VIOLENCE WHICH
HAS BEEN PROVING SUCCESSFUL IN
REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE AND
HOMICIDES IN CALIFORNIA WHERE WE
PAIR OF PEOPLE WITH MENTORS AND
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, FOR THEM
TO DO THINGS TO MAKE THEIR LIFE
BETTER FOR EXAMPLE MENTORING HAS
BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO WE
PRESENTED VIOLENCE AND THE
RAPTORS IS STARTED FROM FIVE
PRECINCTS NOW ALMOST 30
PRE-PANDEMIC.
THE LOWEST NUMBER IS WE HAD EVER
BEEN AND POST-PANDEMIC WE HAVE
SEEN A SURGE.
MY HOPE IS THAT AS THE SUMMER
MONTHS ARE COMING, SADLY WE DO
SEE PARTICULARLY GUN VIOLENCE
THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT
HAS TO BE AND WE NEED ALL HANDS
ON DECK AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT
LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS A ROLE TO
PLAY.
IT HAS BEEN WHERE ALL THE OTHER
PARTNERS AND RESOURCES TO PLAY
AS WELL.
YOU HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF THE
MAYOR WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE
REFORM, SO HOW ARE YOU WORKING
TOGETHER ON THIS?
I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT MY
JOB IS NOT TO BE ANTAGONISTIC OR
NOT, IT IS A PUSH ON ISSUES THAT
ARE GOING TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
PEOPLE DEFINITELY WORKING WITH
THE MAYOR AND THEY WILL WITH
THIS PILOT PROGRAM IN WITH THE
CREDIT THE BIGGEST EXPANSION
DURING THE CRISIS MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM THAT I SPOKE ABOUT TALKED
ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
AND SO WE DO NEED TO SEE MORE
HAPPENING ON MANY OTHER LEVELS
BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO STAND WITH
SOMEONE THAT IS PUTTING
SOMETHING GOOD TOGETHER AS WE
HAVE BEEN PUSHING TOWARD THIS.
TALKING ABOUT GOVERNOR CUOMO,
WE HAVE NOT HEARD YOU WEIGH IN
ON THIS.
HAVING ENOUGH VOTES TO CONVICT
THE GOVERNOR IN AN IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL.
SHOWING HE HAS A LOT OF SUPPORT
FROM NEW YORKERS, WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT THAT WE NOT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPOKEN
ABOUT THIS AND FIRST OF ALL WE
SHOULD ALL BE SUPPORTING AND
LIFTING OF THE GREATEST MEN AND
WOMEN THAT HAS THAT FORWARD AND
THE ACCUSATIONS THAT WE HAVE
HEARD AND I BELIEVE THAT AS
GOVERNOR SHOULD NOT BE IN
LEADERSHIP WELL BEFORE THAT.
THE NURSING HOMES AND THERE ARE
MANY ACROSS THE STATE.
MANY HAVE LED UP TO THIS.
IT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME TO SAY THIS
GOVERNOR SHOULD NOT BE DOING
THIS.
BEFORE WE GET TO BAD DECISIONS
LIKE IN BETWEEN THINGS THAT
IMPACT THIS ENTIRE CITY AND
STATE AND SO I DO THINK THE
INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO CONTINUE
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE REASONS
THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT