New York Daily News | Sep 9, 2020 | News | 2
Mayor de Blasio played down the latest bursts of violence to plague
the city, characterizing the weekend as “overwhelmingly peaceful” in
spite of a horrifying shooting in which a 6-year-old, his mother and
three others were injured. “Except for that incident, overwhelmingly, we had a peaceful weekend
in central Brooklyn and it really is because of the hard work of
everyone,” Hizzoner said at a Tuesday press conference. From Friday through Monday, the city suffered 23 total shootings,
according to the NYPD. That compares to an average of 19 shootings on
Labor Day weekend, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Tuesday on 1010
Wins. From Jan. 1 to Aug. 30, shootings went up 87% compared to the same
time frame last year, according to NYPD stats.........To Read More....
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