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‘This is not a local problem’: Adams and six other New York state mayors kick off renewed push against gun violence

By Isabel Song Beer Posted on May 31, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams joined six of his peers from across New York state and gun control advocates, faith leaders and community members Tuesday for a determined start to Gun Violence Awareness Month, which begins Wednesday.

Adams joined Mayors Byron Brown (Buffalo), Shawyn Patterson-Howard (Mount Vernon), Malik Evans (Rochester), Kathy Sheehan (Albany), Wilfred Rosas (Dunkirk), and Robert Restaino (Niagara Falls) at the press conference with Reverend Paul Thomas, Pastor of Buffalo AME Church, anti-gun violence advocates K. Bain, Founder and Executive Director of Community Capacity Development and Linda Beigel Schulman, Founder of Scott J. Beigel Memorial Fund to discuss coordinated efforts to combat gun violence following three weeks of back-to-back mass shootings. 

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‘This is not a local problem’: Adams and six other New York state mayors kick off renewed push against gun violence

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