New York State Insider: New York State Assemblyman Tom Abinanti 92nd District.

 

SPECIAL SESSION

After the disastrous rulings of the United States Supreme Court in June overturning the 50-year-old landmark Roe v.Wade  decision and then striking down parts of New York’s  “concealed carry” gun law, we in the New York Legislature met in Special Session – four weeks after the conclusion of our regular session – to protect New Yorkers.         First, we gave first passage to the proposed “Equality Amendment” to the New York Constitution to protect the right to abortion and prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability and sex,        Second we passed a new law strengthening the standards for “concealed carry” of handguns.