Adams to Name ‘Gun Violence Czar’ as New York Shooting Surge Persists

NYC Mayor Adams taps Andre Mitchell as ‘gun violence czar’ ahead of expected summer shooting spike

As the mayor’s gun violence czar, Mitchell will co-chair a new anti-violence task force with Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright. That group will be comprised of all of Adams’ deputy mayors, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell and Schools Chancellor David Banks.

Mayor Eric Adams taps ‘gun violence czar’ amid spate of NYC bloodshed

Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly set to appoint a “gun violence czar” amid a scourge of Big Apple shootings — which is only expected to get worse as the summer approaches.

New York Republicans offer counter measures to stem gun violence

The measures include efforts to boost mental health.

Report: Mayor Eric Adams preparing to appoint "gun violence czar" to address epidemic

The New York Times reports Mayor Eric Adams is preparing to appoint a so-called "gun violence czar."

New York City Mayor Eric Adams to appoint ‘gun violence czar’ as shootings, killings persist: report

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City will appoint a "gun violence czar" amid mounting pressure to reduce the city's violent crime and make good on a central campaign promise

New York City Mayor Eric Adams Unveils Sweeping Rezoning Plan

Mayor Eric Adams released a three-pronged plan Wednesday to retool zoning rules to diversify businesses in neighborhoods and boost affordable housing. But the path to approval is laced with irony. If the City Council ultimately supports the mayor’s text amendments, certain rezonings could progress without slogging through the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, a seven-month gauntlet known as Ulurp. The irony is that his amendments first n…