Pres. Biden Meets With City Leaders, Police On Reducing Violent Crime

The president encouraged cities to invest more funding in their police departments and pushed for more community support like summer jobs for teens.

President Joe Biden will host New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate and other city and law enforcement leaders from around the country to talk about reducing crime. Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president and the likely next mayor of New York, plus Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and San Jose, California Mayor Sam Liccardo are among those expected to attend the meeting Monday, according to the White House. Biden will also host Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis, Chief David Brown of Chicago, Lt. Anthony Lima of the Newark, New Jersey police, and Chief Robert Tracy of the Wilmington, Delaware Police Department.