New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday released a plan to end shootings in the metropolis, which has recorded significant increases in crime since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. To combat the problem, the New York Police Department (NYPD) will ramp up efforts to patrol neighborhoods and seize illegal guns, while improving partnerships with state and federal agencies like the FBI, according to the blueprint (pdf) from Adams, a Democrat who took office on Jan. 1. A key component is transferring some police department administrators. Adams also wants to launch a summer youth employment program, which he says will help deter youth from turning to guns and violence; expand mental health care programs; and force all city agencies to name an “anti-gun violence liaison” to communicate with the mayoral administration, health care providers, and the NYPD. Another prong is reducing the social distancing requirement in courtrooms from six feet to …