DA Bragg funds ten gun violence prevention organizations
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg selected Monday ten community-based organizations he plans on funding in hopes of reducing youth gun violence.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg selected Monday ten community-based organizations he plans on funding in hopes of reducing youth gun violence.
D.A. Bragg announced the ten community-based organizations selected to receive $20,000 each from the Manhattan D.A.’s Office for initiatives to prevent youth gun violence: Urban Youth Alliance/BronxConnect; The Children’s Village; The Community Initiatives; Emergent Works; Exodus Transitional Community; Grand Street Settlement; Henry Street Settlement; SCAN-Harbor; Street Corner Resources; and Uptown Grand Central.
“The ten community-based organizations receiving funding today are essential threads in the fabric of public safety. They have all demonstrated their capacity to reach young people at high risk of involvement in gun violence and steer them toward a better path,” said D.A. Bragg.
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“Today’s sentence makes clear that we will hold accountable those who cause harm in our subway system,” said District Attorney Bragg. “We will remain focused on those who harm straphangers just trying to commute to home or to work.”