In 2007, the New York Gang Investigators Association’s Board of Directors along with recommendations from its membership began developing NYGIA’s official proposal for a Statewide Gang Control Strategy. This strategy will encompass all aspects of control and pertain to the following areas:

Information Sharing Suppression Legislation Prosecution Prevention Intervention Reentry To be successful, this strategy will include every aspect of the criminal justice system and the private sector to include, but not be limited to, the following:   Law Enforcement (local, state and federal) Corrections (local, state and federal) Juvenile Justice (detention and residential) Probation (local, state and juvenile) Statewide District Attorney’s Offices Prevention Organizations (Boys & Girls Clubs of America, National Youth Gang Center, Youth Bureaus, YMCAs, Why Try?, Power of Peace, other CBOs, etc) Schools