Hochul will call the Legislature back for a special session, where she’ll seek to designate “sensitive” locations where guns may be banned - adding spots like the city subway system. Kathy Hochul called it “reckless,” “reprehensible” and “frightful in its scope.” New York City Mayor Eric Adams warned: “This decision has made every single one of us less safe from gun violence.”īut what are they going to do about it? The state and city will have their work cut out for them as they seek to impose the tightest rules they can get away with, after the high court ruled a law requiring New Yorkers to show a specific justification to get a permit to carry a gun unconstitutional. New York leaders were quick to condemn a Supreme Court ruling striking down the state’s law strictly limiting who can carry a gun in public.
