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Former cop sentenced on gun charge

Former NYPD Officer David Afanador was sentenced to 1 1/3 – 4 years behind bars on Thursday. Afanador was arrested for firing shots into the ocean in Long Beach in 2021 and pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a firearm earlier this year. Newsday TV’s Cecilia Dowd reports. Credit: Kendall Rodriguez

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