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NYC City Council Federal Agenda
The NYC City Council's Federal Budget and Legislative Agenda Fiscal Year 2014-2015 calls for "Strengthening gun laws to help prevent further violence and mass shootings." See pages 10-11: http://council.nyc.gov/html/pr/fed.pdf
Safe Act remains big issue in Catskills, says Lt. Gov. candidate
Safe Act remains big issue in Catskills, says Lt. Gov. candidate - Opposition to New York’s SAFE Act continues to run high among residents of the Catskills. Republican lieutenant governor candidate Chris Moss, himself a sheriff, learned on Wednesday. Moss, who is GOP...
Feiner to introduce legislation on Greenburgh gun ranges
Feiner to introduce legislation on Greenburgh gun ranges - Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner said he will introduce legislation to regulate gun ranges in town after a neighbor of an outdoor gun range on Ardsley Road was hit by what was believed to be a bullet...
How will NY Safe Act factor into CNY Assembly race?
How will NY Safe Act factor into CNY Assembly race? - Assemblyman Al Stirpe voted for the NY Safe Act more than a year ago, a vote he says he made because it included more background checks for gun sales. That explanation has appeased few gun owners, who are still...
NY weighs expanding bear hunting
NY weighs expanding bear hunting - The New York Department of Environmental Conservation proposed heightened black bear management measures in May as nuisance bear incidents are becoming more frequent in areas of the state. The black bear population in New York...
Greenburgh shooting range targeted for shutdown
Greenburgh shooting range targeted for shutdown - Town officials and residents are calling for the closure of a private gun range after a bullet fragment hit a woman in the leg in the backyard of a neighboring home last month. Town Supervisor Paul Feiner said he...
Assemblyman plans shooting-range fund-raiser
Assemblyman plans shooting-range fund-raiser - A Republican assemblyman from suburban Rochester is hosting a day-long fund-raiser later this month at a shooting range, raffling off a dozen rifles and shotguns as door prizes. Assemblyman Bill Nojay, whose...
Register your guns or register to vote? Billboard promotes Astorino
Register your guns or register to vote? Billboard promotes Astorino - Actually, it's basically saying that if you don't want to register your guns through the SAFE Act, the tough gun-control law last year championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, you need to register to vote...
Democratic House members demand gun control vote
Democratic House members demand gun control vote - Gun control, long a dormant issue in American politics, surged to the forefront of the Democratic agenda following December 2012’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Yet in the following...
Catskills Confidential: Lawmakers in Sullivan protest SAFE Act gun-control law
Catskills Confidential: Lawmakers in Sullivan protest SAFE Act gun-control law - The state's SAFE Act gun-control law may be on the books, but that doesn't mean the protests against it have let up. The Sullivan County Legislature, which last year was among...