By Anthony Payero
(THE BRONX, N.Y.) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio traveled to the Bronx to join the New York City Police Department for a National Night Out event on Tuesday, according to ABC 7 NY.
The neighborhood event took place outside the 46th Precinct in the Fordham Heights section of the borough.
"Let me tell you something about the Bronx — the Bronx is a place of good people, hardworking people, families, people who care about each other, people love their neighbors," De Blasio said. "The Bronx is a good place. The Bronx is a special place and we will never allow violence to take over the Bronx ever."
The National Night Out — which is seen in other cities across the nation — was organized as a community-building campaign that brings light to healthy police and citizen relationships.
"We know how good the people of the Bronx and the people of New York City are, you were heroes during COVID, you fought back, you overcame," De Blasio said. "So, we will fight back and we will overcome violence and crime. National Night Out is our statement that we will never let crime overcome us. We will overcome crime in this neighborhood, in this city once and for all."