By ANNA GRONEWOLD, ERIN DURKIN and JULIAN SHEN-BERRO
10/12/2022 07:40 AM EDT
Yesterday, Eric Adams signed legislation formalizing state law to ban guns in Times Square.
Today, Adams’ new rules may mean nothing.
The legislationhe inked created official boundaries to make Times Square a “sensitive location” and allow city police to enforce it. Unfortunately for Adams, they also fall into the category of the state’s new gun laws that a federal judge in Syracuse said last week was unconstitutional.
When that happened, Hochul was pissed — she and the Legislature went into special session for this! — and Attorney General Tish James said she would appeal. But James further asked the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to block the ruling before it goes into effect (today) — basically until the appeal is heard and decided — in order to prevent “regulatory chaos.”
No word yet on any decision.
Adams, who owns three guns himself, said that his office respects that the courts have ultimate say on this. But his personal wish would be to designate the tourism center as gun-free. Roughly 56 million people are expected to visit the city this year, and in Times Square, 475,000 people “can visit at any given time,” he said. Just a few of them carrying guns could cause panic and chaos.
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