ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — Tompkins County Legislator Rich John believes the G.I.V.E program is working. 

G.I.V.E is Gun Involved Violence Elimination, an initiative funded to law enforcement by New York State.  

The state is again funding the GIVE program this year, which John says is going to the Ithaca Police Department.

 FULL INTERVIEW: Legislator Rich John on Ithaca’s Morning News