Reifschneider said he tries to think about a moment when he helped someone, even if it's something mundane like pulling up behind a driver who ran out of gas. He's encouraged his fellow police officers to also reflect on a good deed.
"We have talked so much about the Iron Pipeline... But we have moved from the Iron Pipeline to the kitchen table pipeline. You can sit in the comfort of your own home, at your kitchen table, with polymer and print out a gun."
Amuri Greene, 21, told police he was seeking revenge for a prior shooting when he opened fire, resulting in the tragic death of 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore.
I understood at a very early age how much place matters and how impactful government services can be on one's life. The Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice was really focused on working with agencies to think about how they're addressing inequity, whether it's through budget as a lever or personnel as a lever, procurement, policymaking. But land use is a lever as well.
"Brooklyn has always been a place where movement is part of daily life. But today, Brooklynites, like all New Yorkers, are moving less, feeling more isolated and dealing with elevated rates of chronic diseases."
Police said someone opened fire on Jairo Javier Vinces-Cobena, who lived on the 5500 block of 98th Street, in front of another home on the 9700 block of 55th Avenue in Corona just before 7:50 p.m. on March 13. Officers from the 110th Precinct were called to the scene after receiving a 911 call about a man shot. When they arrived, they found Vinces-Cobena shot multiple times about his body.
A 30-year-old man was approached by two men wearing masks. One of the suspects then fired a gun striking the 30-year-old in both legs. The victim was taken to One Brooklyn Health-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in stable condition.