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Denis Slattery

Hochul hosts interstate gun task force, names NY director of gun violence prevention office

Hochul Albany N.Y.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Law enforcement officials and representatives from nine northeastern states gathered Wednesday near Albany to discuss violence, crime and the spread of illegal guns.

Gov. Hochul hosted the first meeting of the new Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns at the New York State Intelligence Center in East Greenbush following a wave of high-profile shootings, including a Harlem incident that left two NYPD officers dead.

“We have a moral obligation to do everything we can to fight the scourge of illegal guns on our street,” the governor said ahead of the sit-down. “Too many lives have been lost because of illegal firearms that should never have been on our streets.

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