POLITICO: Biden Vows Not To 'Abandon Our Streets' During New York City Visit Focused On Violent Crime

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden pledged a stepped-up federal fight against gun violence as he visited New York City Thursday and called for more funding for law enforcement and community anti-violence programs to address rising crime.

Mayor Eric Adams joined Biden, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Merrick Garland on a stop by police headquarters in lower Manhattan, where they attended a meeting on gun violence strategies between local and federal law enforcement.

“Mayor Adams, you and I agree: The answer is not to abandon our streets,” Biden said at NYPD headquarters.

“The answer is not to defund the police. It’s to give you the tools, the training, the funding to be partners, to be protectors.”....

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