New York City Mayor Eric Adams revealed on Sunday a part of his plan to reduce violence in his city in response to recent tragedies.
Adams, listed on his social media account as a retired New York Police Department captain, said New York City will “immediately” reinstate a “newer version of modified plainclothes anti-gun unit,” a move he had called for when campaigning in his election last year. Though some have criticized plainclothes units as an outdated policing practice, Adams told CNN his team “has done the proper analysis, and now we’re going to deploy that.”
“These crimes did not start during my administration, they have been here for far too long, in many parts of our community,” Adams told the outlet. “I’m going to roll out a real plan this week when I speak to the New York public, and we’re going to go after the underlying reasons you’re seeing crime in our city.”
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No further details about the new plainclothes unit or how it would operate were provided by Adams.
The mayor’s Sunday interview comes just after a Harlem shooting on Friday left one 22-year-old NYPD officer, Jason Rivera, dead and another 27-year-old officer, Wilbert Mora, struggling to survive. Adams confirmed in his latest interview that Mora is “still primarily in the same condition.”
NYPD officers are not the only ones on the receiving end of violent crimes in the city. On Wednesday, an 11-month-old girl was struck in the face after a stray bullet hit her in a parked car.
Adams reflected on both incidents in a social media post he wrote on Saturday night.
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“I meant what I said last night: It will take all of us to stop this crisis,” his post read. “The work our violence interrupters are doing in the Bronx is critical to this fight.”
This is a painful moment for our city. An 11-month-old baby shot in the face. A 22-year-old NYPD officer killed. I meant what I said last night: It will take all of us to stop this crisis. The work our violence interrupters are doing in the Bronx is critical to this fight. pic.twitter.com/TLHlp0juCR
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) January 23, 2022
