Here in New York, one of the largest and most complex cities in the world, local leaders have pursued violence intervention, diversion programs, targeted law enforcement and youth engagement programs that have pushed crime and incarceration to their lowest levels in decades.
Cicilline highlights successful crime reduction efforts in New York.
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Many outlets'--and some of my colleagues have latched onto this--headlines say that the Biden Administration has lost 85,000 children.
So, people are taking legally purchased pistols, adding these devices marketed as stabilizing braces but which are actually shoulder stocks and changing the character of the gun, transforming it into an unregistered short-barreled rifle.
I abhor the abuse of children. I have been at the border, and I have held unaccompanied children--desperately sent, because they come from desperate circumstances.
What we’ve said to the General Assembly is you’re going to have to have a transition plan that takes that into account.
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