NEW YORK (AP) — The city, responding to a recent spike in shootings, is expanding a community outreach program designed to help its most violence-plagued neighborhoods.
The plan involves several city agencies and, at times, will enlist ex-gang members to act as mediators in crisis situations. It’s meant to combat a worrisome rise in gun violence even as overall crime continues to decrease in the nation’s largest city.
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