NEW YORK — Two days after teaming up with New York Mayor Eric Adams to roll out a new subway safety plan, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday joined state Attorney General Letitia James to detail enhanced efforts in the state’s anti-gun battle, including a marked expansion in use of the state’s so-called red flag law.
Hochul, who signed red flag legislation in June requiring that authorities respond to credible threats by pursuing extreme risk protection orders preventing people from acquiring or possessing firearms, said the state is now issuing about nine times as many risk orders per month as it was before the law was enacted.
“Our red flag laws are working,” Hochul said at a news conference with James at the State Capitol in Albany. “I want to thank law enforcement throughout the state. They have had to step up. They have had to be trained. They have had to rethink their mission. But these times call for that.”
