New York State Police
State of "Emergency Disaster" declared; "From COVID to an epidemic of gun violence"
The new strategy will treat firearms violence as a public health crisis.
"We have gone from COVID to an epidemic of gun violence. More people are dying from gun violence than from COVID," Cuomo told a news conference.
New York prison break ends with shooting of 2nd fugitive
David Sweat, one of two New York state inmates who escaped from prison three weeks ago, was shot by police near the Canadian border and rushed to a local hospital on June 28, two days after his accomplice was killed, authorities said.
US hunt for escaped killers shifts after possible sighting
The search for two convicted killers in New York shifted after possible sightings in the southern part of the state, 350 miles (565 kilometers) from the prison where the men escaped two weeks ago.