August 30, 2022
Comptroller Brad Lander: It’s now my pleasure to introduce Mayor Eric Adams. As you already know, Mayor Adams is a forthright champion for motion to cut back gun violence. You have seen him do this in many alternative roles, as a police officer, as a state senator, as a borough president, as mayor, as a Met Gala attendee. However I believe it might be that in the present day is the primary time that he is taking motion to forestall gun violence in his function as a pension fund trustee. Mayor Adams.
Mayor Eric Adams: Was it deliberately that I used to be standing to the appropriate of you? [Laughter.] And having Assemblywoman Jackson, Senator Myrie, who’s simply proceed to provide just a few good, good pondering laws. And the AG. AG has rolled out a numerous variety of items of laws partnered collectively round ghost weapons, partnered collectively round holding producers accountable. It is simply actual partnership right here. And Jumaane. Jumaane, all through the years, we now have come collectively round coping with the overproliferation of weapons. And you do not have to agree on every little thing to agree on the truth that we now have to be protected. The overproliferation of weapons, the Bruen choice, the failure of gun producers and now even because the comptroller has found, the function that bank card firms may play. We do it for — if somebody bought fertilizer, there are notifications which can be made. And we now have this code if you buy different gadgets.
Mayor Adams: Why cannot we now have this code if you buy weapons? It is a actual problem. 316 individuals a day are shot by weapons in our nation, 106 die from weapons. When you consider these numbers, these are astronomical numbers. And I say it over and over. Now we have to dam each river that feeds the ocean of violence. We’re constantly damming these rivers in authorities. Now we have allowed producers and those that permit money to enter firms, they have to be a part of the damming course of as nicely. We’re not leaving any stone unturned. Everybody should play a task in damming the rivers which can be resulting in the gun violence we’re seeing within the metropolis and on this whole nation. And so I am completely satisfied to be right here with our companions, Senator Kavanagh becoming a member of us as nicely. I am completely satisfied to be right here with our companions. And I wish to thanks, comptroller, and the complete workforce right here who introduced this collectively. And utilizing our pension {dollars} to make sure that it’s serving to lives, not destroying lives. That is the accountability that we now have and that creativity that we’re bringing in the present day is so necessary. So thanks. Thanks, comptroller.
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