In Public Service: Williams pushes for a new New Deal in NYC
The key to solving the problem of gun violence on New York City streets is to stop looking at it strictly as a law enforcement issue and to start taking a holistic approach to the situation, according to Councilmember Jumaane Williams.
Williams (D-Flatbush-East Flatbush-Flatlands), is the co-chair of the council’s Gun Violence Task Force.
While it’s important to have cops out there taking illegal guns off the streets, it’s not enough to solve the problem, Williams said. “We also have to look at the demand for guns,” he told the Brooklyn Eagle over lunch at the Woolworth Kitchen Restaurant near City Hall.