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Cuomo will push new gun laws, but special legislative session unlikely
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Thursday he doesn’t plan to call a special session of the state Legislature to deal with guns laws in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings, but he will unveil “a full package” of proposals in his State of the State address on Jan. 9.
The Democrat said he has had gun-law discussions with the leaders of the Republican-led state Senate and Democrat-controlled...