Special session in Albany Thursday to counteract Supreme Court striking down New York gun permit law

By Robert Pozarycki

Posted on June 26, 2022

State lawmakers will be back in Albany Thursday for a special session that Governor Kathy Hochul called to address the Supreme Court striking down New York’s 109-year-old concealed carry gun permit law last week.

The conservative-majority court ruled 6-3 on June 23 that New York’s gun permit law infringed upon a person’s self-defense rights. The court did previously indicate, however, that restrictions in carrying guns in “sensitive places” such as schools or government buildings is appropriate.