Sentences with phrase «tougher gun control laws»

The New York State Rifle and Pistol Association plans to appeal a ruling largely upholding tough gun control laws in New York and Connecticut.

On Saturday millions of demonstrators took to the streets in US cities and around the world in support of tougher gun control laws.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said she's been lobbying Congress to pass tougher gun control laws and the gun violence will continue until they do.

In the same place where the gay rights movement began, outside of the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, Gov. Andrew Cuomo calling for tougher gun control laws.

(GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino said better mental health systems — not tougher gun control laws — were needed to combat mass shootings, but he has slashed funding and staffing for such services since taking office as Westchester county executive in 2010, budget figures show.)

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has focused in recent months on pushing Congress to adopt tougher gun control laws, saying states with looser measures in place have resulted in illegal weapons coming into New York.

On Wednesday, students across the nation intend to walk out of schools in solidarity with the Parkland students and to demand tougher gun control laws.

Cuomo said Collins» bill is an attempt to repeal the progress New York has made since it enacted the nation's toughest gun control law in 2013, months after a shooter killed 20 schoolchildren in Sandy Hook, Conn..

On Saturday millions of demonstrators took to the streets in US cities and around the world in support of tougher gun control laws.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Support for tougher gun control laws is soaring in the United States, according to a new poll that found a majority of gun owners and half of Republicans favor new laws to address gun violence in the weeks after a Florida school shooting left 17 dead and sparked nationwide protests...

GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino said better mental health systems — not tougher gun control laws — were needed to combat mass shootings, but he has slashed funding and staffing for such services since taking office as Westchester county executive in 2010, budget figures show.

Registered (gun owning) Democrat here, pretty sure we already had some of the toughest gun control laws in the country.

But Collins» legislative proposal for overturning New York's tough gun control law, and others like it, remains a long way from becoming law.

«In 2013, New York rose to the occasion and passed the toughest gun control laws in the nation.

When New York state passed «the toughest gun control laws in the nation» on Jan. 15, concern arose in a small upstate New York town built around a gun manufacturing company.

From guaranteed paid sick leave to tougher gun control laws, from a higher minimum wage to a comparably smooth rollout of the Affordable Care Act, few governors have embraced President Barack Obama's liberal policies with the zeal of Gov. Dannel P....

Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a bevy of policy ideas ranging from an increase to the state's minimum wage, equal pay for women and the toughest gun control laws in the nation in his third State of the State address.

Republican Assemblyman Marc Butler cancelled two planned news conferences to promote a bill to repeal New York's tough gun control law, the NY SAFE Act, saying he felt it would be inappropriate to hold them «in light off the horrific act of terrorism» that occurred over the weekend.

At the time of its passage, the law was hailed as the toughest gun control law int the nation by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

«The IDC has allowed for a functioning Senate — which for the first time in 40 years delivered four consecutive on - time budgets, passed the toughest gun control laws in the nation, marriage equality, an increase to the minimum wage and universal pre-k for thousands of toddlers.

Despite Tom King's opposition to some of the toughest gun control laws in the nation, New York is much safer today thanks to the NY SAFE Act.

Over the weekend, Remington said it would open a new plant in Alabama, which offered over $ 60 million in incentives, a move that Alabama officials said was prompted in part by New York's tough gun control law, the SAFE Act.

From guaranteed paid sick leave to tougher gun control laws, from a higher minimum wage to a comparably smooth rollout of the Affordable Care Act, few governors have embraced President Barack Obama's liberal policies with the zeal of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

There's a new minimum wage law, there's a new paid family leave law, there's free college, there's a ban on fracking, there's gay marriage, there's tough gun control laws.

«This coalition has proved we can govern in a bipartisan fashion,» said Senate co-leader Jeffrey Klein (D - Bronx), ticking off the wins: raising the minimum wage, passing the nation's toughest gun control law, and helping small business.

«With approval ratings that consistently topped 70 percent, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had the political capital to spend when he set out to pass the toughest gun control laws in the nation,» said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, in a statement.

Mayor Bloomberg walked back his comment about police officers threatening to go on strike in the absence of tougher gun control laws, noting strikes by public employees aren't even legal in New York.

Hochul said the governor is reiterating that New York has the toughest gun control laws in the nation, but also deals with guns coming in from other states.

The law is the first gun control measure passed in the U.S. since the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut and it gives New York state the toughest gun control law in the nation.

He described Cuomo's speech as «bold and aggressive» and said he believes the governor's call for the toughest gun control laws in the nation is the right thing to do.

During the press conference, Klein said his arrangement with Skelos was solid and has yielded results he's proud of, including on - time budgets, a tougher gun control law and a minimum wage increase.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — One day after the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub, an Upstate New York assemblyman cancelled two planned news conferences to promote a bill to repeal New York's tough gun control law, the NY SAFE Act.

Opponents of New York's tough gun control law called the SAFE Act, continue to oppose the legislation more than a year after it was passed, with more rallies and court cases on the calendar.

And in New York State, even with one of the nation's toughest gun control laws, chances are, he...

But the Clarence Republican's legislative proposal for overturning New York's tough gun control law, and others like it, remains a long way from becoming law.

Syracuse, N.Y. - Nearly 1,000 people have been charged under the NY Safe Act in the eight months since the tougher gun control law was passed, according to the state's Division of Criminal Justice Services.

In addition to what is being described as the nation's toughest gun control law, the measure included a series of provisions designed to create safer school environments.