Almost a month into his term, how Mamdani will implement his public safety promises remains to be seen. The city is currently experiencing record lows in shootings, part of a nationwide trend of declining gun violence. Inc and former gun violence prevention czar under former Mayor Eric Adams, said he recently met with Mamdani alongside other CMS leadership, and came away feeling positive. The network grew out of legislation to contract nonprofit organizations, largely based on the Chicago-bred Cure Violence model, which approaches gun violence prevention as a public health issue. “It has a way of bringing down crime.”Shannon Chaffers is a Report for America corps member who writes about gun violence for the Amsterdam News.