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Concerns raised about Cure Violence response to shootings
3:41:39
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Council Member Farah N. Louis expresses concerns about the Cure Violence program's response to recent shootings in her district. She highlights issues with the program's availability and responsiveness.
- The council member reports six shootings in eleven days in her district
- Cure Violence group reportedly said they don't work on Mondays
- Commissioner Keith Howard expresses surprise at this response and requests more information
- Howard emphasizes that Cure Violence groups should respond to shootings regardless of the day
- The commissioner commits to addressing any contractual violations by Cure Violence groups
Farah N. Louis
3:41:39
will do that and I just wanted to quickly just piggyback off of what chair Stevens was sharing.
3:41:45
I had six shootings in eleven days in my district and with that, the response back I got from Cure of Violence was we don't work on Mondays.
3:41:54
So the people that are responding is like my office and some local groups, so I think that's something you all should look at because the first response was NYPD, the last response was NYPD.
3:42:05
Even though the group told me they responded, I was there all night.
3:42:08
I know that they did not respond but they told me we also don't work Mondays, so we'll be out there on Tuesday.
3:42:14
I often hear that all the time, so I think it would be great if you all could work this out with Chair Stevens and any other members that are interested to see what that looks like in FY '26 when it comes to additional funding for Mondays because when we hear that back from groups, not only is it disheartening, it's just and I get it your agency works with NYPD so they're gonna respond, they're gonna stay on the scene and create a strategy, but what is the next step after that?
3:42:39
There's some groups that are not providing that service and you all may not be aware of that but that's what we're hearing.
Keith Howard
3:42:44
So I definitely want to know what that experience is which you heard because our cure violence groups respond to whatever act of shooting is out there regardless if it's Monday Sunday.
3:42:58
So I would love to hear exactly who said that to you because I would need to make sure that they understand what the contractual obligation is and the responsibility of what they're supposed to do in our community.
Farah N. Louis
3:43:09
Got it.
3:43:10
Thank you.
3:43:10
Thank you commissioner.
3:43:11
Thank you chair.