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State Sen.-elect Anna Kaplan will be chairing the state Senate's commerce committee. (Photo courtesy of Anna Kaplan)
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Kaplan’s background check bill signed by Cuomo

A bill co-sponsored by state Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) that requires…

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Singas discusses common sense gun control measures

A pink-clad assault rifle, six pen guns and a TEC-9 were just…

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State Sen. Anna Kaplan's first bill, which would require out-of-state gun permit applicants to allow New York authorities to review out-of-state mental health records, passed both state houses as part of a gun control package. (Photo courtesy of Anna Kaplan)
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State Senate passes gun control measures, including Kaplan’s first bill

New York lawmakers passed a sweeping set of gun control legislation on…

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Cohen, Chaminade run mass shooting drill

Less than a week after a shooting at Santa Fe High School…

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State Sen. Elaine Phillips said in a statement she supports similar gun control measures to ones she once voted against. (Photo courtesy of the office of Elaine Phillips)
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Governor signs Phillips-sponsored gun control bill

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation mandating the removal of firearms from convicted…

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Readers Write: Gun control opponent misstates the facts

This is in response to Joan Swirsky's letter which appeared in the…

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Assemblyman D’Urso meets with ‘Moms Demand Action’ in Albany

Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso met with ‘Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in…

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State Sen. Elaine Phillips said in a statement she supports similar gun control measures to ones she once voted against. (Photo courtesy of the office of Elaine Phillips)
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Phillips-sponsored law barring domestic abusers from owning guns passes state legislature

Legislation mandating the removal of firearms in all domestic violence cases sponsored…

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Lois Schaffer, Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, Jacob Lurvey, Council Member Anna Kaplan, North Shore Action Co-Chair Veronica Biesek Lurvey, Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Attendee, North Shore Action Co-Chair Beth Friedmann, Supervisor Judi Bosworth, North Shore Action Steering Committee Jackie Harounian, Council Member Dina De Giorgio, Assemblyman Tony D’Urso, and Great Neck Public School Trustee and North Shore Action Steering Committee Member Rebecca Sassouni at the “March for Our Lives” event in Great Neck. (Photo courtesy of the Town of North Hempstead)
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Local officials attend “March for Our Lives” event in Great Neck

Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Council Members Anna Kaplan…

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Around 30 people at Atria Cutter Mill created their own 'March for Our Lives' demonstration to stand with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students who survived a mass shooting and are pushing Congress to take action to curtail violence. (Photo courtesy of Edna Pitashnick)
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Atria Cutter Mill marches in solidarity with Parkland, Great Neck

While many eyes in Great Neck were on Jonathan L. Ielpi Park…

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Readers Write: Ominous echoes in gun control opponents’ arguments

The Oedipus Complex may no longer have much weight in the field…

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Readers Write: Liberals’ push for gun control endangers our safety

Shortly after the shooting on Feb. 14, at a high school in…

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