Join us Sunday in NYC for “Keep On”–Youth Performances Against Gun Violence
Join us Sunday afternoon, March 24, at The Improv Asylum in Manhattan for “Keep On”–an afternoon of performances by youth activists against gun violence. The event, which marks one year since March for Our... Read More
NYS Legislature Passes Child Access Prevention Bill
NYAGV applauds the New York State Assembly and Senate for their passage on March 4 of the Child Access Prevention bill. Governor Cuomo is expected to sign the bill, which requires gun owners who live with children, or who... Read More
U.S. House Passes Background Check Bills
On February 27 and 28, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills to strengthen federal background checks that are now headed to the Senate for consideration. H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, would require a background check on every gun... Read More
Remembering Parkland
On Valentines Day one year ago, 17 students and educators were gunned down and many more injured by a young man with an assault weapon at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Today, we remember these individuals and their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers,... Read More
Video Comments: NY Lawmakers Pass Six New Gun Safety Bills
Check out these videos featuring NYAGV’s Executive Director, Rebecca Fischer, along with New York State legislators and Governor Cuomo, discussing New York State’s new gun safety bills. The bills were passed by the Assembly and the... Read More
Gun violence: “a national crisis and an international embarrassment.”
Gun violence is a “national crisis and an international embarrassment.” –U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler– Today, for the first time in eight years, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on gun violence and ways... Read More
This week, your lawmakers delivered. Please thank them.
This past week, New York State Senators and Assembly members passed six new bills to reduce gun violence that will become law upon the Governor’s signature. The gun lobby and its supporters are already gearing up to oppose those who... Read More
NYS Lawmakers Pass Bills to Reduce Gun Violence
New York made significant progress in its efforts to reduce gun violence when the State Assembly and Senate approved six bills on January 29. Read More
