Photo by: Office of Senator Kaplan Senator Anna M. Kaplan (D-North Hills), Chair of the New York State Senate Committee on Commerce, Economic Development, and Small Business, stood with the Long Island Main Street Alliance, Vision Long Island, Chambers of Commerce from across Nassau County, local officials, and local small business owners to celebrate the inclusion of over $1 billion in grants and relief for small businesses in the recently enacted state budget, and announced that the State is seeking to form grassroot partnerships around the state to help get these resources into the community through trusted messengers. Senator Anna M. Kaplan, Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Economic Development, and Small Business said the pandemic has been devastating to New York s small business community, and they need our help if they re going to survive these challenging times. I m proud to have fought to bring back over a billion dollars in grants and o
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Senator Anna M. Kaplan said “for the last four years, the federal government has turned a blind eye to the raging epidemic of gun violence that senselessly claims thousands of American lives each year, so I m thrilled to learn that President Biden will be taking executive action tomorrow to finally address the problem of unregistered, unregulated ghost guns that routinely fall into the hands of people who could never pass a legal background check.
This executive action is the first step to address the crisis of gun violence, but we still need to enact permanent legislation to codify these regulations into the law. Here in New York, the State Senate has already taken action by passing my bill, the Scott J. Beigel Unfinished Receivers Act, and Senator Brad Hoylman s bill, the Jose Webster Untraceable Firearms Act, which together would become the nation s strongest protections against ghost guns and unregulated homemade firearms. It s time t