"After a day of celebration for the community and city, the plague of gun violence struck. I pray for the swift recoveries of the New Yorkers injured in these separate attacks, and am relieved that all appear to be in stable condition.
"Recent weeks have seen horrible violence in several boroughs. After all of our public safety partners collaborated to produce a decrease in violence through most of Labor Day weekend, it was marred at its end by multiple shootings in close succession and proximity. That people could bring guns into the area and carry out these shootings, despite immense police presence and dedicated teams of community anti-violence workers, demonstrates the depth to which this epidemic has infected our city and nation.
"It also shows that the best way to prevent that violence is to stop someone from picking up a gun in the first place, in part by strongly limiting access to these weapons of war. Communities across the city, including in Central Brooklyn, face the realities of gun violence year-round. We need strategies to address both the supply and demand components of that violence, ones that will keep us all safe every weekend, on every street."