09/23/2025
📉 "Mayor Ed Gainey and other officials stood among displays of downward trending crime data at the City County building Monday to sign a resolution authorizing $1.75 million in agreements with various organizations as part of the Stop the Violence community grant program.
“This event marks the official signing of the Stop The Violence Fund 2025 Community Investment Grants Bill awarding funding that will empower 39 community organizations to continue their vital, on-the-ground work in impacted neighborhoods,” said Felicity Williams, the mayor’s deputy chief of staff.
The fund, created in 2020, sets aside up to $10 million each year to help reduce violent crime in Pittsburgh.
“This is government at its best,” said Daniel Lavelle, president of the city council. “This is government acknowledging that … one of our primary roles is the health and welfare and the public safety of the citizenry.”
At the press conference, Gainey pointed to a three year decline in violence. Homicide rates in the city, he pointed out, are at an eight-year low."
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