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Standing at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center with officials, law enforcement, community violence prevention experts, and advocates from Poughkeepsie and Newburgh, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today launched his latest push to combat crime and the recent surge of gun violence in the Hudson Valley. Schumer revealed that the Department of Justice just yesterday launched the new Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Initiative, a first of its kind grant program, funded through the FY22 Appropriations Bill, aimed at combating gun violence at its root by increasing community trust, identifying those at the highest risk and working to reduce violence through evidence based intervention. Schumer said these programs have already had tremendous success in the Hudson Valley, directly helping reduce violence and save lives, and that he is quadrupling down on his support calling for the administration’s request for $250 million for the program as a down payment to be fully funded to help reduce crime and keep places like Newburgh safe.”