Sentences with phrase «gun control law known»

The GOP this year is banking on a large upstate turn out, counting on anger over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act, as well his the delay on making a decision over hydrofracking, as key issues that will bring voters outside of New York City to the polls.

Nojay took office as a vocal critic of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the sweeping gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Nojay is a staunch critic of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic incumbent who plans to seek a third term, especially when it comes to the passage of the gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Assemblyman Brian Miller, a Republican who represents the area, blamed the gun control law known as the SAFE Act for the layoffs.

At the same time, they point to Flanagan's vote in favor of the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act (Flanagan and the Senate passed a package of SAFE Act changes at the end of session, but those measures were unlikely to be taken up in the Democratic - led Assembly).

One operative this weekend pointed out that Skelos is not an ally of grassroots conservatives, who remain at odds with him over the perception he works too closely with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his support for the gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Lawmakers and administration officials have cited the complexity of the criminal justice matters being proposed, saying more time is needed to parse through language (lawmakers and Cuomo may be wary of again taking up a complex issue so quickly following the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act had to be amended to exclude police officers from the measure).

Senate Republicans will continue to push for changes to the gun control law known as the SAFE Act after Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and Majority Leader John Flanagan reached an agreement to not enact a provision of the measure.

Astorino criticized Cuomo for not taking meaningful steps to reduce taxes which he said has led to an out - migration of New Yorkers and the gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Grisanti in 2011 was one of four Republicans in the state Senate to back the legalization of same - sex marriage and, less than two years later, provided a vote in favor of the gun control law known as the SAFE Act, a measure that has stirred anger among the conservative base.

A broad majority of New Yorkers continue to support Cuomo's two - year - old gun control law known as the SAFE Act, but they are split along partisan lines.

The expansion doesn't impact any existing jobs at the gun manufacturer's upstate plant in Herkimer County, where its workers have been vocal opponents of the gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Any of the measures face a steep climb in the Republican - controlled state Senate, where GOP lawmakers have sought to roll back the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cuomo in 2013 pushed through the passage a package of gun control laws known as the SAFE Act, approved in the weeks after an elementary school shooting in Connecticut.

Not exact matches

Take, for instance, Florida's gun laws: A new report from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun control nonprofit formerly known as the Legal Community Against Violence, issued a report this month about the astronomical economic cost of Florida's awful gun violence laws.

To those who claim that improving gun control laws and restricting the sale of assault - type rifles wouldn't do a thing to keep this sort of tragedy from happening: How do you know?

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.

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

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.

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.

Running on her experience with the Cuomo administration, of course, has its pitfalls: The district has a Republican enrollment advantage and Cuomo's policies among upstate conservatives — including the gun - control law known as the SAFE Act — remain deeply unpopular.

ALBANY — Pro-gun GOP lawmakers are smoking mad that they voted for millions of dollars in funding for the SAFE Act — the state's strict gun - control law — claiming they didn't know the spending was hidden in state budget bills.

That distinction goes to Jason Paul, a little known Democrat from Colchester — a UConn law student challenging Democratic state Rep. Linda Orange, who voted against the gun control law.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been speaking out about the need for national gun control laws in recent days, but Cuomo says he doesn't know when a key provision of New York's own gun safety laws will be enacted.

The law, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, tightens gun control in several ways, and also allows some teachers to be armed.

The still roiling anger over Cuomo's push of the gun control law the SAFE Act through the Legislature could well translate into support upstate for Astorino, though sportsmen and gun enthusiasts have not been known to vote in big numbers in the past.

Heastie says he knows that for now, the measures are not going to advance in the Senate, but he says he hopes that the tide is changing for gun control laws.

Heastie said he knows that for now, the measures are not going to advance in the Senate, but he said he hopes that the tide is changing for gun control laws.

Pollster Mickey Carroll says the governor's numbers started dropping right after Cuomo convinced the legislature to pass tough new gun control laws, known as the New York SAFE Act, in mid-January.

Cuomo, eager to be seen as the first governor in the country to pass stronger gun control laws in the wake of the December 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, pressured Senate Republicans to pass his package of laws, known collectively as the SAFE Act.

Cuomo says New York's gun control law, known as the SAFE Act, is working in New York, but without a national law, guns come in through other states.

Moss is best known in statewide political circles for his opposition to the SAFE Act, the 2013 gun control law pushed by Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The law, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, tightens gun control in several ways but also allows some teachers to be armed.

The law, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, tightens gun control in several ways but also allows some teachers to be armed.