As a counter to Mayor Adam’s policing-centric 2022 Blueprint to End Gun Violence that renewed tired calls for more policing and more convictions, the BMC’s Black Futures report names violence, policing, and mass incarceration as public health issues. Detailing the structural violence experienced in Brownsville, NY and amongst Black people in NYC, the Blueprint calls out the punitive, carceral, and ineffective policies of Adams’ and prior mayoral administrations. Instead, the Blueprint calls for a primary prevention approach to stopping gun violence (thorough alternatives to policing such as crisis prevention and violence intervention services), addressing housing, jobs, health care, youth, and public space issues in at-risk communities, and investing in communities that have suffered from long histories of structural violence and racism. Essentially, the Blueprint is a call to invest in Black futures rather than continuing to criminalize Black people.