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Dems: Cuomo pressing gun-control passage

File photo of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Photo credit: AP | File photo of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (March 27, 2012)

ALBANY -- A key bloc of Senate Democrats emerged from a huddle Friday with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo saying the governor wants to pass a package of gun-control legislation this month.

Republicans indicated they could support "closing loopholes" in some gun laws and limits on high-capacity magazines.

During the 90-minute meeting Friday, the governor and the five-member Independent Democratic...

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