ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a package of executive orders and legislative actions Wednesday strengthening New York’s gun laws and targeting domestic terrorism in response to the deadly race-based mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.
The governor’s orders will strengthen the state’s “red flag” laws by requiring the State Police to seize weapons from people believed to be a threat to themselves or others and create a new unit to track online extremism.
Hochul said the shooting was a result of “the mainstreaming of hate speech, of racism and the easy access to military style weapons and magazines.”
