NEW YORK - President Joe Biden was expected to showcase federal, state, and local efforts to get guns and repeat shooters off the streets during his visit to New York City Thursday.Gun violence already on the rise during the pandemic is spiking anew, and beleaguered cities are struggling with how to manage it.
Biden has been accused from the right of not being tough enough on crime.While in Lower Manhattan, Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland will meet with new Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain.
Once an outspoken critic of his own department and someone who was beaten by police as a teenager, Adams portrayed himself during his campaign as someone who could bridge the divide between the New York Police Department and activists pushing for major change.He will also visit a public school in Queens to talk about community violence and prevention programs.President Joe Biden will be in New York City on Thursday to meet with Mayor Eric Adams and Gov.
Kathy Hochul to discuss illegal guns.There are limits to what the president can do when there is no appetite in Congress to pass gun legislation.