“Gun violence is a public health crisis that continues to threaten every corner of our city,” said Mayor Adams. “We pray for all the victims of violence and their families who are suffering, but we are going to do more than pray — we’re going to turn our pain into purpose. Public safety is my administration’s highest priority, which is why we will remove guns from our streets, protect our communities, and create a safe, prosperous and just city for all New Yorkers.”

Mayor Adams’ roadmap calls for both intervention and prevention to end the gun violence epidemic affecting New York, and calls on the federal government and New York state to partner with his administration and other city entities to take immediate action to reduce gun violence.

Over the longer term, Mayor Adams also plans to transform New York City and address the root causes that lead to gun violence by growing economic opportunities, improving the education of city children, providing greater access to mental health support, and more.

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Last week, the Oakland school community was shocked to learn that 19 OUSD public schools may close or be merged in the next two years. Now, we’re learning that a final vote on the action could be made as early as next week.

Dozens of teachers, students, even some administrators walked out of Westlake Middle School at noon Tuesday. They are upset with a recommendation by the school district that it close or merge about a dozen schools by June, and more schools next year, to help resolve the district's budget crisis.

"We just think this is not the right move to balance the budget. It should not be balanced on the backs of the students, the staff who work here. We've had enough of this kind of treatment. We're going to fight for it," said Westlake English teacher Sam Homrich. 

The school district says it has deficits approaching $20 million, even after making $40 million in cuts for next year.

The district also says many of its schools are under-enrolled, that it's too expensive to keep them all open.

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Andrew Lawrence, deputy director of rapid response at Media Matters, joins The Pat Thurston Show to talk about vaccine opposition.

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Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brain Flores is suing the NFL and its 32 teams alleging that they have discriminated against him and other Black coaches in their hiring practices.

ABC News Correspondent, Derrick Dennis, joins Pat Thurston to discuss racism in the NFL.

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UCSF's Dr. Bob Wachter joins Pat Thurston to share why he predicts the Bay Area could be approaching 'regional endemic' in next 4 weeks

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Pat Thurston discusses Whoopi Goldberg's controversial comments.

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Thanks to Whoopi Goldberg, everyone is asking, "what is a Jew?"

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Listen to the complete podcast of Wednesday's Mark Thompson Show.

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Bret Burkhart shares "OBRETUARIES" on The Mark Thompson Show.

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Jeremy B. White, California Playbook political expert for Politico, joins The Mark Thompson Show to explain the latest news surrounding California.

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