After passing both the Assembly and the Senate two years in a row, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill Monday that would have legalized gravity knives, a type of folding knife, in the state. Cuomo said in ...

Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoed legislation that would decriminalize certain gravity knives for the second year running on Monday night, to the chagrin of police reform advocates and the knife lobby, who ...

Gov. Cuomo vetoed legislation Saturday that would have eased restrictions against certain folding knives. The “gravity knives” bill, sponsored by state Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island) and ...

Democratic lawmakers in Albany are once again trying to reform New York State’s broadly criticized “gravity knife” law, seeing new urgency in an era when even minor arrests can lead to serious ...

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With time running short in the legislative session, the prospects of reforming New York’s much-abused gravity knife law remain very much in doubt. Republicans in the New York Senate still seem ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court conference will consider whether to hear an important case on vagueness, Copeland v. Vance (docket page, with links to all briefs). As an earlier post by Eugene ...

ALBANY -- Gravity knives will remain illegal in New York. After passing both the Assembly and the Senate two years in a row, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill Monday that would have legalized gravity ...