New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday the state would spend $18.5 million to fund programs designed to keep young people on Long Island from joining MS-13, a brutal gang tied to murders and violence in Nassau and Suffolk counties. “Let’s stop the young people from getting caught in the gang pipeline to begin with, rather than just treating them as criminals once the gang takes over,” Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, said at a news conference in Brentwood, N.Y. “Let’s not treat the disease, let’s prevent the disease.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 11, 2018 21:36 UTC