Politics & Government

De Blasio Says Solution To Spike In Gun Violence Is Courts, Economy And COVID Recovery; Security Expert Throws ‘The BS Flag' On That

This as a top security expert tells CBS2 the mayor's promises to fix things are pie in the sky unless cops are given more support.

April 13, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio offered more promises and platitudes Monday but little action after a 12-year-old boy became the latest victim of the soaring gun violence plaguing the city.

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This as a top security expert tells CBS2 the mayor’s promises to fix things are pie in the sky unless cops are given more support.

As CBS2’s political reporter Marcia Kramer reports, Evette Lilley is fed up with the city’s inability to stop the gun violence.

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