Ending gun violence means changing gun laws. We cannot clean up a flood when the water is still pouring into the basement. And we can never stop the killing if we cannot stop the guns.

What all of battle is in the subway system is fighting the perception of fear that cases like this could happen.

As we indicated, today was a difficult day for New York. And days like these are playing out too often in cities across America. As mentioned, this morning, we witnessed an act of violence and evil in the heart of Brooklyn, when a shooter attacked a subway car full of innocent people at 36th Street station.

But this is not only a New York City problem. This rage, this violence, these guns, these relentless shooters are an American problem. And it`s going to take all levels of government to solve it.

To be clear, we will not surrender our city to the violent few, and we will not surrender all of America to this cult of death.

New York City should be proactive, as Mayor Adams has indicated he would be, in disrupting that iron pipeline.

This is terror -- someone attempting to terrorize our system. They brought in what appears to be some form of smoke device. They discharged a weapon, and so I don't want to be premature in identifying that this was not, I think, at this time the investigators are going to do their due diligence to properly identify what happened here.

You know I have been realistic and outspoken about my commitment to protecting public safety. I stand by that and will continue to do everything in my power to dam the rivers that feed the sea of violence.

I will not stop until the peace we deserve becomes the reality we experience.

the mayor’s statements appear to be more geared toward a national audience than just New York City.

one of the challenges for policing in the modern cities today is how to separate mental health data and how to tackle crime, and not to criminalize mental health.