De Blasio: Politics is motivating Times Square leaders concerned about gun violence

“We have now been continually participating enterprise enchancment districts, Occasions Sq. and lots of others, making changes the place folks elevate issues. We take them actually severely. That’s why we’d wish to see just a little consistency if we’re working with folks continually making an attempt to deal with points collectively, and it’s good for everybody to acknowledge that,” he stated. “Occasions Sq., we put an enormous variety of officers there, everybody sees it, and we’ll maintain them there so long as we’d like, and we’ll tackle the problems.”