
Yesterday,
President Joe Biden
was only a few blocks away from Roosevelt Island learning about the community
based gun violence prevention program from
Community Capacity Development
during a visit to
Jacob Blackwell PS 111 school
in nearby Long Island City.
Today, President Biden
@POTUS visited
Jacob Blackwell PS 111 in Queens on 37th Ave a few blocks from Roosevelt
Island to learn about community based gun violence prevention program
https://t.co/B0CeemQoRN— Roosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland)
February 4, 2022
… Biden visited P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell, located at 37-15 13th St.,
to meet with school principal Dionne Jaggon and local violence interrupter
teams tasked with de-escalating conflicts before they turn violent. The
elementary school is situated between the Queensbridge and Ravenswood
Houses– two NYCHA complexes where there have been several shootings in the
past two years….… Jaggon told Biden that the violence interrupter teams – operated by a
non-profit group called
Community Capacity Development
(CCD) — had significantly reduced violence levels at the school, which had
around 330 students enrolled last year. The violence interrupter teams,
Jaggon told Biden, use tools such as conflict mediation—which have made the
school safer. She said the CCD has also joined forces with the school to
address food insecurity, financial illiteracy and a lack of after-school
programming for students….President
@JoeBiden
Visits
#LIC
School to Learn About Programs Aimed at Stopping Violence
#POTUS
#Queens
@QueensDAKatz
@juliej_won
https://t.co/aUVN59jUWq— QueensPost (@queenspost)
February 4, 2022
The President echoing the words of K Bain in New York as Founder of
Community Capacity Development met with the President and had discussions on
ways to end Gun Violence across the country.
https://t.co/fHq7mLqWZl— Community Capacity Development (@ccdworldwide)
February 4, 2022
CBS New York
reports on President Biden’s visit yesterday.
Here’s more video from President Biden’s visit to PS111 school in Long Island
City with the
Community Capacity Development
team.
Roosevelt Island
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
adds:
I want to thank President Biden for coming to New York City today to
announce more actions to treat the gun violence epidemic as the public
health crisis it is. In the first month of this year alone, we have lost
more than 3,000 American lives to gun violence — we must honor all the
victims with action. I am hopeful that with the President’s support, we can
break the NRA’s stranglehold on Congress and finally pass meaningful,
life-saving legislation.I am especially encouraged by President Biden’s focus on stopping the
interstate flow of guns through the ‘Iron Pipeline’ and will continue to
push my legislation to make gun trafficking and straw purchases a federal
offense. For too long, the ‘Iron Pipeline’ has enabled people to skirt New
York’s strong gun laws. In New York City alone, as many as 74% of the
firearms used in crimes were trafficked from other states with weak gun
laws.
On my way to see President
@JoeBiden
& Mayor
@ericadamsfornyc
to talk gun safety and gun violence prevention. The uptick in gun violence
in NYC is devastating, but we have the tools and legislation to put words to
action and help keep NYers safe.
pic.twitter.com/4QIK2iFjId— Carolyn B. Maloney (@CarolynBMaloney)
February 3, 2022
And with our indefatigable Congresswoman,
@RepMaloney
pic.twitter.com/P9ykuXewjj— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten)
February 3, 2022
In February 2021,
Congresswoman Maloney introduced gun safety legislation.