Diana Richardson has been in the NYS Assembly for five years, but she was an anti-gun violence activist long before that. 

Along with State Senator Zellnor Myrie, she is sponsoring a bill that would recognize gun violence as a public health issue, and would be funded as any other health issue. 

Richardson talks about her fight for funding for her district, Central Brooklyn, and being told there just wasn't enough gun violence to warrant the extra cash. Well, all that has certainly changed.

Areas like Crown Heights are seeing spikes in gun crimes, and recent mass shootings and the shooting of a six-year old child has gotten the city's attention. She'll talk about her fight against gun violence, and why she thinks now is the time the legislature might just give this issue the attention it needs.