After San Bernardino, NYC officials push city to divest from gun makers
Stringer 'waiting for the mayor to present a detailed resolution’
Following last week’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which killed 14 and wounded 21 people, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Public Advocate Letitia James have both called for further divestment of city pension funds from companies manufacturing assault weapons.
“Today I call on all government pension funds in New York City and across the country to divest immediately from funds that include assault weapon manufacturers … Any private equity fund investing in these companies should stop immediately,” de Blasio said in a statement Friday.
De Blasio mentioned the Freedom Group, a group of companies including Remington, H&R and Bushmaster, as one of the investments in question. In the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and six adults using a Bushmaster.