New Yorkers don’t need statistics to know what’s happening on our streets. They see it. They hear it. They feel it.

A 69-year-old woman shot and killed in broad daylight while walking down the street . A mass shooting at a nightclub leaving three dead and nine injured. Teenagers playing basketball but end up ducking gunfire. In the last several weeks, we’ve seen a spate of shootings across Harlem, Brooklyn and the Bronx that once again reminded us of the human cost of gun violence. Lives stolen, families shattered, entire neighborhoods shaken.

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Op-ed | Denial is not a strategy: A holistic blueprint to address gun violence in NYC

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