De Blasio calls for gun control after Times Square shooting causes tourism concern

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday shunted blame for the Times Square shooting to Congress, insisting the feds need to do more on gun control — while denying the shocking incident would hurt tourism.

“Look, this kind of thing should not happen in our city. We need Congress to help us to stop the flow of guns into New York City,” said the mayor — whose administration controversially disbanded the NYPD’s plainclothes anti-crime unit in 2019. “We got a lot of work to do. But we know what works, and the NYPD is out there constantly making adjustments sending officers where they’re needed most,” de Blasio told reporters at a press conference.