Criminal Justice

GIVE Initiative Builds On More Than A Decade Of Crime-Fighting Successes Through Operation IMPACT and is said to makes New York safer.

Governor Andrew Cuomo says 17 counties will compete for more than $13 million to fund efforts to reduce firearm-related crimes, shootings, and homicides through the state’s new Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative. The initiative is designed to build upon the crime-fighting successes those jurisdictions experienced while participating in Operation IMPACT.

HANDS ACROSS THE CONCOURSE is a major event to unite Bronxites in opposition to violence.

On Sunday, April 14, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will join together with thousands of community and clergy members to join “Hands Across the Concourse” in opposition to gun violence and domestic violence.