N.Y. Executive Law § 837-y: New York state office of gun violence prevention

§ 837-y. New York state office of gun violence prevention. 1.

Establishment and organization. There is hereby established within the

division of criminal justice services an office of gun violence

prevention, hereinafter "office".

2. Duties and responsibilities. The office shall have the following

duties and responsibilities:

(a) Advance efforts to prevent, reduce, and address gun violence and

its causes and consequences. "Gun violence" shall include, but is not

limited to, any attempted crime, crime, attempted suicide, suicide,

intentional or unintentional injury, or death involving a firearm,

rifle, or shotgun as defined in section 265.00 of the penal law.

(b) Identify funding opportunities and other resources available

related to gun violence prevention and reduction, and increase public

awareness of such funding opportunities.

(c) Support efforts to improve the state's health and social service

system capacity and capabilities to prevent and respond to gun violence

including, but not limited to, state hospital-based violence prevention

and intervention initiatives, in consultation with the department of

health.

(d) Coordinate and strengthen timely, accurate, and complete data

collection and research regarding firearm-related injuries, fatalities,

and incidents by focusing on surveillance, prevention, and intervention

of gun violence statewide.

(e) Increase public awareness of gun violence causes and consequences

and gun violence prevention efforts through public education campaigns

or other educational efforts. Such campaigns and education efforts shall

include but not be limited to adoption of best practices related to gun

violence prevention, the impacts of various types of gun violence on

individuals, families, and communities, and resources available to

individuals at risk of gun violence and individuals impacted by gun

violence.

(f) Collaborate with, and where practicable, facilitate, and assist

political subdivisions of the state and not-for-profit organizations in

the development of local programs, services, and interventions to

prevent, reduce, and address gun violence.

(g) On or before September first, two thousand twenty-five, develop

and implement a public awareness campaign to educate the public on the

safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns and child access and

prevention. The public awareness campaign shall include, but not be

limited to, educational materials, resources and information related to

New York state child access prevention laws and laws relating to the

safe storage and transport of firearms, rifles and shotguns including

sections 265.45, 265.46, and 400.00 of the penal law, available methods

for the safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns designed to

prevent child access, firearm violence prevention resources, and county

and local specific laws and regulations related to child access

prevention and storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns.

3. Annual report. The office shall issue an annual report including,

but not limited to, information on the status of gun violence in the

state, recommendations for policy and programmatic initiatives to

prevent and reduce gun violence in the state, and a description of the

efforts of the office to carry out the duties and objectives of the

office under this section. Such report shall be posted on the division's

website no later than one year after the effective date of this section,

and annually thereafter.

4. Assistance to the office. Other state agencies and authorities

shall provide cooperation and assistance, pursuant to subdivision five

of section eight hundred thirty-six of this article, to the office in

the effective performance of its duties.