CounselingPychology surveyed Americans in every state to determine the level of anxiety across the country about gun violence, and New York ranked amongst the highest.
At the beginning of July Governor Cuomo declared a “gun violence disaster emergency” in the state of New York. With this declaration comes state funding to address the issue.
Summer has barely begun and already the City of Albany has seen a devastating increase in gun violence. We already have too many forces working against us with COVID-19 and police violence
Alonzo Garaycochea, 25, also known as Albany rapper Zoe Rage was killed last February in a Clinton Avenue apartment in Albany. The person accused of his murder was acquitted in court.
New York state has just passed a bill that will not allow domestic abusers the right to own any type of firearm, they were already banned from owning a handgun.