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New York Governor Hochul signed three gun safety laws, introducing penalties for rapid-fire devices, strengthening gun sale regulations, and requiring dealers to post risk warnings. According to 2025 data, gun violence has decreased by 53% compared to the peak of the pandemic. Hochul proposed an investment of $370 million to combat gun violence, funding police departments to purchase new equipment and technology. The bills include strict regulations on "pistol conversion devices," require credit card companies to track gun-related transactions, and mandate dealers to provide suicide prevention information. The state government's plan covers 28 communities, where gun violence levels have dropped to historic lows, and will enhance resources to improve community safety and mental health services.

New York Governor Hochul recently signed three gun safety laws that not only impose penalties on rapid-fire modification devices and strengthen regulations on gun sales, but also require dealers to post risk warning information. Additionally, Hochul announced new data for 2025, showing that gun violence in New York State has decreased by 53% compared to the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. She proposed an investment of $370 million to combat gun violence, funding law enforcement and security agencies to acquire new equipment and technology.

• Under the "S.744/A.436" bill, the state plans to strengthen controls over "pistol conversion devices," which can be easily installed on semi-automatic handguns to give them automatic firing capability and increase lethality. The new regulation will include pistol conversion devices as part of rapid-fire modification devices, and related devices such as bump stocks, trigger cranks, and binary trigger systems will also be strictly regulated, with penalties established for users.
• The "S.745/A.439" bill requires credit card companies to use specific classification codes to identify merchants primarily selling firearms, ammunition, and related accessories, in order to track bulk purchasing behavior and enable law enforcement to more easily detect suspicious transactions.
• The third bill, "S.743/A.437," mandates that dealers post and provide relevant information when selling firearms, including contact details for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline as well as the risks associated with gun ownership.

According to data from the Governor's Office, gun violence has decreased by 53% in 2025 compared to the peak of the pandemic three years ago, dropping from 497 incidents from January to March 2022 to 236 incidents during the same period this year. Hochul also announced that the "Gun Violence Elimination Program" currently collaborates with the state government and includes 28 communities, including Rochester and Syracuse, where gun violence levels have reached historical lows. Data from the NYPD indicates that the number of shootings in the city has also decreased.

Furthermore, the state government will invest $370 million to reduce and prevent gun violence, particularly in communities heavily affected by crime. Of this, $50 million will be used for the "Law Enforcement Technology Grant Program" to help police and law enforcement agencies acquire new equipment to enhance investigative and preventive capabilities; $36 million will be allocated to the GIVE program to fund 28 police departments and district attorney offices across 21 counties outside New York City. An additional $21 million will be used for the "SNUG Street Intervention Program", $18 million will support the criminal analysis center network, and $13 million will be allocated to establish a criminal analysis and joint special operations command center to promote collaboration in data and information sharing; $20 million will be directed towards promoting community mental health services and employment support programs.