208 Days and Counting Bring in the ATF

 

 

I don't care what Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez says that we don't need any federal police to help out in the war on shootings and gang activity in the city, and Bronx in particular. When my developer friends say they do not feel safe when they are in the Bronx at a Yankee game they want me to do something. 

We need help from the Congress and the federal government. Today, I want to highlight some very good news about an unprecedented collaboration, an unprecedented partnership between the NYPD and the federal ATF. This is crucial. Everyone agrees, the number-one issue is guns, getting the guns off our streets. And we all know that the proliferation of guns during the pandemic was unprecedented and troubling, and, therefore, we have to double down on getting guns off our streets. We know how important it is to work with our federal partners. We know that federal courts are a crucial part of the equation as well. ATF is where it all comes together. The federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives – this is the leading edge. This is the part of the federal government that finds the guns, gets them out of the hands of bad guys, and keeps communities safe. We know that gun trafficking must be attacked on a national level and the ATF leads the way.  

 

Now, this is the first time in this country that the ATF has partnered with a local police department in this manner. And it means we're going to have ATF agents directly embedded in the NYPD, working together to find guns and quickly act on the information that they find to stop the flow of guns. It takes information, it takes partnership. It takes the ability to quickly act, that can only happen when the federal government and the NYPD are working, literally, side-by-side here in New York City.