Steck considering judicial run

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According to the Times-Union, Assemblyman Phil Steck is considering running for state Supreme Court this fall:

“… Assemblyman Phil Steck of Colonie is among the candidates being discussed in Democratic circles as a possible selection at the party’s nomination convention later this summer. Albany County Democratic Committee members say Steck has shown interest in a state judgeship. Steck declined to comment when asked if he was interested in a spot on the bench. Steck’s seat was a major concern for Assembly Democrats this past election cycle as the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee spent more than $363,000 to boost his campaign, the most it spent on any candidate in the state …”

Steck is one of the worst antigunners in Albany.  We don’t need him on the court.  If he runs and looses he keeps his Assembly seat, but that is better than having him on the court.

S-1212 passed Senate

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S-1212, Establishes environmental standards for ambient lead and lead contamination, passed the Senate. No companion.

Gun control rally today

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Some of the electeds along with a mouthpiece from NYAGV held a rally (if you can even call it that) at the Capitol today:

Senator Hoylman said he would be pushing for his bill S-580, Makes community violence prevention services available, to the extent permitted by federal law, to any Medicaid beneficiary who has received medical treatment for an injury sustained as a result of an act of community violence and has been referred by a certified or licensed health care provider or social services provider to receive community violence prevention services from a qualified violence prevention professional.

Newsbits

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Tuesday’s Newsbits:

At 11:30am today State Senators Zellnor Myrie, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and Julia Salazar and Assemblyman Demond Meeks will join New Yorkers Against Gun Violence and other gun control advocates at a rally, Million Dollar Staircase, Third floor, State Capitol, Albany.

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S-2284 Reported

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S-2284, Relates to manufacturers’ reporting the sale or distribution of firearms, has been Reported.

No Assembly companion.

S-2284 on Codes agenda

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S-2284, Relates to manufacturers’ reporting the sale or distribution of firearms, is on the Senate Codes agenda for Monday @ 11:30am.

The bill itself seems pretty harmless, just requiring manufacturers report to DCJS the number of firearms they make and sell in a year. However, I suspect the true goal is to gather information that could be used for more junk liability actions against gun dealers and makers.

Good news from the courts

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Some good news from the courts on gun rights.

5th Circuit Judge Cory Wilson determined a law banning people under domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms was unconstitutional and a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled that a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning firearms is likewise unconstitutional.  This are important as the rulings put 2A on par with other specifically enumerated rights which cannot denied without due process.

Bonus: New York Supreme Court ruled the state’s “red flag” law as unconstitutional in a specific case.

 

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Hochul’s budget has some gun control changes

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Gov. Hochul proposes some CCIA changes in her budget including excluding the Adirondacks and Catskills from being “sensitive locations”, exempting individuals responsible for security at a place of worship from the place of worship sensitive location prohibition, expanding the exemption of hunting and hunting adjacent activity from the sensitive and restricted location prohibitions, and modifies the sensitive location categorization so that establishments that have an active liquor license are sensitive locations, but not locations that were previously issued a liquor license but no longer have an active liquor license.