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Committee receives update: Office of Gun Violence Prevention launched; Adrian Garr named executive director

5968679 · October 7, 2025
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Summary

Council members were told the city has opened its Office of Gun Violence Prevention and appointed Adrian Garr as executive director. The committee received and filed the update.

Council members received an update that the City of Buffalo has opened an Office of Gun Violence Prevention and named Adrian Garr as its first executive director.

Council member Eberhardt told the committee the office has been opened and Adrian Garr hired; she said the office will soon hold multiple community meetings around gun violence prevention citywide. The committee opened a brief discussion, closed it and moved to receive and file the update; the motion was seconded by Council member Glombek and later seconded for the receive-and-file motion by Council member Rivera.

The committee’s action was to receive and file the announcement; no formal budget, program details or community meeting dates were provided during the short committee discussion.