NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Mayor Eric Adams and New York Attorney General Letitia James joined hundreds of New Yorkers in taking to the streets on Saturday to demand federal legislation against gun violence.
The demonstration in New York City was one of hundreds across the country organized in response to a slew of recent mass shootings .
Since the Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting on May 24, over 40 other mass shootings — defined as a shooting with four or more victims — have plagued the United States.
“The time to dam the rivers of violence, to stop the flow of guns into our city and to protect the lives of our children is NOW. Not tomorrow, NOW,” wrote Adams on Twitter. “I’m proud to have stood with these young people today to say enough is enough.”
Protesters gathered in Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn around noon where they set up 19 crosses with the names of Uvalde victims alongside a statue depicting a child hiding under a desk.
Together with New York elected officials, they marched over the Brooklyn Bridge, temporarily shutting it down to traffic.
“Enough waiting. Enough praying. Enough offering empty thoughts,” wrote James on Twitter. “We will fight every single day until we get the common-sense gun reforms this nation needs to end gun violence and save lives.”
The rally continued in Manhattan’s Financial District.
Similar marches under the same name were organized by students in 2018 after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida that killed 17 people.
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