The surge in gun violence in New York City has led to officials coming up with new ways to combat the issue..

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced a multipart plan in hope to bring gun violence in the borough to a minimum.

The strategy, Gonzalez says, is to combine and balance prosecution and interruption.

“We know that arrests and incarceration, however, alone as a strategy did not keep us safe,” said Gonzalez. “And so, we need a multifaceted approach to get guns out of the hands of a violent few.”

His "Stop Violence Plan," announced last month, includes a $2.7 million digital evidence lab and an investment in the ghost gun unit.

The NYPD says citywide shooting incidents increased by over 16% in March as compared to the same time last year, but shootings decreased by more than 20% in the last month.

Project Restore is also at the forefront of the gun violence initiative, with $2.5 million from the city to create partnerships between officers and violence interrupters to target those committing gun violence crimes.

It is still a pilot program, and Gonzalez says new information and data they receive will shape the project, with researchers from Columbia University set to monitor it.