Thread by @mayawiley

Last month 22 yr old Shyheim McLean was shot walking to his neighborhood store in a senseless act of gun violence in Brooklyn. He was my friend’s beautiful nephew. And like many gun violence victims, his death was preventable. 1/

Leaders can’t just care about what to do after a bullet is fired when we can root out causes of gun violence. We we want to hold people accountable butvwe must do more. We need to prevent circumstances that drive people to pick the gun up to begin with. 2/

As COVID-19 and gun violence continue to create crisis in our communities, it's clear that have tondo things differently. The status quo, has been deadly for too many of our children who deserve a good schools, trauma counseling & a job with a future. 3/

So today, I am announcing my plan to end gun violence in New York City, informed by conversations with victims, family members, advocates, and policy experts across the five boroughs -- because to stop this, it's going to take a creative, community-focused approach. 4/

My administration will allocate millions of dollars to a participatory justice fund so that the communities experiencing gun violence have a say in how to stop it. NYC will be a national model in community reinvestment. 5/

We will create holistic school safety measures that focus on helping our students and young folks find safety & support inside schools and find meaningful employment rather than punishing them with low expectations. 6/

Gun violence comes when its easier to get a job than a gun; when the street you live on looks like a dead end; when there's no one trained in mental health services to support traumatized people. But we can change this. 7/

Police have a role. They mist stop illegal guns from flowing into our city. And We MUST put the public back in "public safety" by addressing police violence. Stopping the cycle and healing from gun-related trauma is going to take working together as a community. 8/

For Shyheim McLean, the kid his principal said was always the first to arrive at school each day, we were too late. Let’s save our young people by providing them with what they need to succeed safely! This plan will achieve it. Read the full plan here mayawileyformayor.com/gun-violence-p…