WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement after a violent Fourth of July weekend in New York City left over a dozen people (https://www.amny.com/new-york/12-shot-gun-violence-shootings-nyc-07052026/) shot, including several children and one NYPD detective (https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/05/nypd-detective-shot-bulletproof-vest-crown-heights-brooklyn/):
"This weekend, a family barbecue in Coney Island turned into a crime scene. Eight people were shot, four of them children as young as six. Hours later, one of our own detectives took a bullet doing his job to keep New Yorkers safe. More than a dozen people shot in two days, in...