The West Indian American Day Carnival Association's Jelani DeShong stated, "You had NYPD, Sanitation, and the mayor's office coming together to make sure that we don't have a repeat of what happened this year."
Adams stated, "You had one idiot that shot five people. We cannot take away from the number of guns that were removed number of fights and disputes that were stopped."
Thomas Haynes said, "Certain days it was like breaking fights up after fight after fight. And this is before the parade."
Adams stated that walk-through metal detectors are being considered by the city for installation along the parade route.
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