Protecting New Yorkers

Keeping New Yorkers safe has always been Governor Hochul’s top priority. She strengthened New York’s gun laws, expanded access to mental health care, and made historic investments in law enforcement, making our neighborhoods and subways safer. And when it comes to attacks from Washington, Governor Hochul will always stand up and fight to protect New Yorkers’ rights and freedoms.

• Invested over $3 billion in law enforcement and public safety initiatives since becoming Governor.
• Signed landmark gun safety laws, strengthening New York's Red Flag law, increasing the protections of the background check system, tightening restrictions on concealed carry weapons, and cracking down on illegal firearms.
• Oversaw a 60% decline in shooting incidents with injury in communities participating in the state’s Gun Involved Violence Elimination initiative, with those incidents reaching the lowest level on record.
• Removed more than 10,000 illegal guns from New York streets.
• Delivered historic subway safety investments, driving down transit crime below pre-pandemic levels and to the second-lowest level in recorded history.
• Strengthened New York’s bail and discovery laws to keep dangerous criminals off our streets while better protecting victims.
• Took decisive action against retail theft, expanding worker protections, adding new criminal charges that target organized retail theft rings, and providing security funding for small businesses.
• Responded to the rise in hate crimes by expanding hate crime–eligible offenses and securing funding to protect at-risk sites.
• Expanded tools to respond to mental health emergencies, including strengthening Kendra’s law and involuntary commitment standards.