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New York is investing $16 million to fund workforce training and job placement programs in 20 cities most impacted by gun violence in an attempt to make them safer, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. This initiative will directly help 3,200 youth in Captial Region, Central New York, Finger Lakes, Long Island, Mid-Hudson, and Western New York, and builds on the…

Hundreds of jobs will be available for at-risk youth in Brooklyn, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday — all in an attempt to curtail the spike in gun violence that has been plaguing the city in recent months. The 506 jobs will be available for at-risk youth in seven ZIP codes that make up the zone. The ZIP codes are: 11206,…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the predicted Democratic nominee for NYC Mayor Eric Adams are meeting to discuss the rise in gun violence in the city. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

A teenager has been arrested in the June Times Square shooting of a 21-year-old upstate Marine, according to two senior NYPD officials

The NYPD has released video of a suspect in another Times Square shooting that wounded an innocent bystander. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Yet another innocent bystander was wounded by gunfire in the heart of Times Square over the weekend. Now the mayor is unveiling a new program to address what he describes as an “unacceptable state of affairs” regarding gun violence. No arrests have been made in Sunday’s shooting of a 21-year-old upstate Marine in town for a baptism who was...

A man was hit by gunfire Sunday evening while walking through Times Square with his family. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.