Sentences with phrase «act gun control law»

Cattaraugus County has become the latest to distance itself from the state's controversial SAFE Act gun control law, seeking to block the state from using the county name and seal on paperwork related to the recertification of pistol permits called for by the law.

She cited passage of a $ 15 hourly minimum wage, the legalization of gay marriage, and enactment of the SAFE Act gun control law.

Long noted that Cuomo never apologized for his 2014 comments that «extremists» opposed to his SAFE Act gun control law have no place in New York.

* Defended passage five years ago of SAFE Act gun control law, saying, «The world did not stop spinning.»

Among them: the legalization of same - sex marriage, passage of the SAFE Act gun control law, enactment of a $ 15 hourly minimum wage, creation of a statewide paid family leave program and the establishment of a free tuition program for some public college students.

Russell battled against a huge backlash in the North Country to the SAFE Act gun control law, which she voted for.

Schulz, who has waged court battles against the SAFE Act gun control law, pork barrel spending and tax policies, believes Silver should reimburse taxpayers for the money he authorized in 2012 when the payment was made to two staffers who said Lopez harassed them.

But those close to him have previously said they don't fear a primary given what they consider the governor's strong progressive record, including successfully pushing for the legalization of same sex marriage, passage of the SAFE Act gun control law, enactment of a $ 15 hourly minimum wage and a statewide paid family leave program, and a free tuition program for some public college students.

The GOPer said a Flanagan candidacy would face significant hurdles, particularly among upstaters who are angry he voted for Gov. Cuomo's controversial SAFE Act gun control law.

A group of Republican state lawmakers is pushing legislation they say strikes a balance between a desire across much of the state to repeal the SAFE Act gun control law and a desire to keep it in full effect in the New York City metropolis.

The memorandum of understanding reached by Senate Republicans and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to not enact an ammunition purchasing database was a common - sense reform to the controversial SAFE Act gun control law.

County clerks across the state are seeking an emergency meeting with Cuomo and other leaders about a Jan. 31 deadline for re-certifying handgun licenses under the 2013 SAFE Act gun control law.

Upstate Republican advocates remain skeptical of Flanagan in part for his hailing from Suffolk County, but also his vote in favor of the SAFE Act gun control law.

An early supporter of Donald Trump's political ambitions, Nojay was among the Legislature's most relentless critics of the SAFE Act gun control law.

------ John Flanagan, who replaced Skelos as Senate majority leader last week, has assured upstate members he will push for changes to Gov. Cuomo's controversial 2013 SAFE Act gun control law.

Not exact matches

In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.

The gun control provisions under the 1938 German Weapons Act, which superseded the 1928 law.

Senate GOP lawmakers since the passage of the SAFE Act have largely resisted efforts to pass new gun control measures, though pushes to repeal the law have faltered.

He singled out Skelos in particular for «treason» over allowing a vote on the SAFE Act, the 2013 gun control law.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday said it was unlikely Democratic lawmakers will take up changes to the SAFE Act, calling amendments to the gun control law in his chamber «challenging.»

Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns believes the pact might be too good to be true, because New York still hasn't worked out all the kinks in its own gun control law, the SAFE Act.

«This is the latest evidence that Anthony Brindisi is a phony Albany politician who claims to represent law - abiding gun owners when in reality, he is backed by a gun control group and votes to fund Cuomo's unconstitutional SAFE Act.

The SAFE Act, a controversial gun control package approved in 2013, extended the sunset date of Kendra's Law to June 30 of this year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has made gun control a signature issue for him following the shooting at Connecticut elementary school, said he would back additional gun control efforts, but insisted the SAFE Act remained the best gun control law in the country.

Officials were already pitching the plan as a continuation of Cuomo's «progressive» agenda for New York, which the governor counts as including a sharp rise in the minimum wage, the marriage equality law and stronger gun control provisions known as the SAFE Act.

Five years ago today, Andrew Cuomo signed into law the SAFE Act, a package of gun control reforms the Governor has described as a model for the nation.

He voted against New York's gun control laws, known as the SAFE Act, and allowing medical marijuana.

The attorney general said the hostility he and Giffords experienced at the show reflect New Yorkers» unrest over a new gun control law, the SAFE Act, «which doesn't have anything to do with what we're doing,» he said.

The court's denial means a mid-level appeals court's March ruling will stand, upholding the ban on certain semiautomatic firearms included in the SAFE Act, the 2013 gun - control law that riled Second Amendment activists across the state.

Senate Republicans and Gov. Andrew Cuomo administration's agreed to key changes in the sweeping 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act, according to a memorandum of understanding released on Friday afternoon.

But Cuomo said he had taken a political hit of his own in rural areas after passing the SAFE Act, a controversial gun control law.

He may not even face Sen. Greg Ball in the general election, but Democrat Justin Wagner is already taking the Putnam County Republican to task for his opposition to the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded to Wednesday's mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla., with the same basic message he's employed in the past: The gun control law he pushed in 2013, the SAFE Act, should be adopted nationwide.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking a beating from fellow Democrats and left - leaning entities like the Working Families Party for agreeing to suspend the creation of a database to be used for ammunition sale background checks — a provision of the controversial gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

But at the same time, he has pointed to the SAFE Act, a package of controversial gun control laws that was approved in 2013 following a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.

After she was picked to replace Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy on the ticket, Hochul said she backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's gun control law — the SAFE Act — as well as the Dream Act, which provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Senator Jeff Klein, sponsor of S4392, which enacts «Nicholas's Law» said: «As the prime Senate sponsor of the SAFE Act, considered the toughest gun laws in the nation, I'm proud that New York has led the way on gun control.

A top Cuomo aide and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan signed on to a memorandum of understanding released last week that halted the enactment of the database, which was a provision in the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Assemblyman Bill Nojay (R - Livingston County) said one way for Flanagan — who voted for the gun control measure — to prove he is serious is to refuse to pass any extension of the rent regulation laws without agreement on «meaningful» SAFE Act changes.

The Libertarian candidate for Governor says while he's concerned about school shootings, he still thinks New York's gun control laws, known as the SAFE Act, should be repealed.

Last winter, gun rights advocates compared Cuomo to Hitler, after the governor helped pass a package of new gun control laws known as the SAFE Act.

Press Release Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt (R,I,C - Greenwood Lake) last week announced her online petition to repeal the gun control laws enacted through the NY S.A.F.E. Act.

Republican lawmakers in the Assembly and Senate on Wednesday unveiled a push to change the state's sweeping gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard says he believes his opposition to New York's gun control law, known as the SAFE Act, played a role in his re-election.

She said she was most proud of fighting for the so - called Safe Act, a gun - control law that New York enacted after the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., and against hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a process known as fracking.

Dubbed the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act,» or SB 7026, the sweeping proposal provides for stricter gun control laws, including a three - day waiting period to buy any firearm, and a new age limit — 21 (up from 18)-- for firearms purchases, along with an all - out ban on bump stocks.

I take the SAFE act to be equal parts political opportunism, slapdash lawmaking and a genuine desire to get guns away from dangerous people: good gun control laws yes, the SAFE act, not so much.

The ATF wrote letters in 2010 and 2013 explaining how current laws — the Gun Control Act (1968) and National Firearms Act (1934)-- do not provide an avenue for the bureau to regulate the gun attachments, which enable shooters to fire semiautomatic weapons at nearly the rate of automatic ones, according to CQ - Roll Call.

Skelos» legacy as majority leader includes allowing senators to vote for the first time on bills that legalized gay marriage and the NY Safe Act, a strict gun control measure, although Skelos personally voted against both laws.

Putnam said he couldn't have signed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act as it was, though he added that if he were to be elected Governor, the self - proclaimed «NRA sellout» would enforce the law that has led to a lawsuit from the gun group, and a ritual defenestration of House Speaker Richard Corcoran for pushing the gun control bill through.