N.Y. lawmakers tell Brooklyn to stay strong after subway mass shooting
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New York elected officials ranging from U.S. senators to New York City Council members called on Brooklyn to stay strong and keep safe after the Tuesday subway shooting in which 10 people were shot and at least 16 people were injured, according to the FDNY.
“Praying for the people injured in the shocking Brooklyn subway attack,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens) tweeted. “We will get through this together #BrooklynStrong.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he is “closely monitoring” the situation after the rush-hour carnage erupted in the 36th St. subway station in Sunset Park.
“I’m praying for all the victims, their families, all those impacted,” Schumer tweeted. “To everyone in New York: Stay safe.”
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Queens) said on MSNBC that her main focus is “Restoring confidence in New York, in the safety of New York, which we know right now, it’s in peril.”
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn) represents the Sunset Park neighborhood where the gunfire erupted.
“Stay safe if you are nearby this horrific emergency in Sunset Park,” she wrote on Twitter.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said she was still waiting for more details about the shocking crime.
“My prayers are with the victims, their families and our emergency personnel and law enforcement responding to this situation,” Gillibrand said in a statement.
Representing parts of Bay Ridge, Councilman Justin Brennan (D-Brooklyn) thanked neighbors and first responders who ran to help the victims. “There are no borders. We are one city connected by neighborhoods, sidewalks and subways. Let’s not turn on each other now when we need each other most,” he posted on social media.
Like fellow Empire State Democrats, Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-Westchester, Rockland) has been a strong advocate for tighter gun restrictions.
“I’m outraged that these tragic mass shootings continue,” he tweeted.
“I’d like to live in a world where shootings on subways, in schools and on our streets would be considered unfathomable,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-Bronx, Westchester) said in a tweet. “Another world is possible.”
