* § 837-y. New York state office of gun violence prevention. 1.
Establishment and organization. There is hereby established within the
division of criminal justice services an office of gun violence
prevention, hereinafter "office".

2. Duties and responsibilities. The office shall have the following
duties and responsibilities:

(a) Advance efforts to prevent, reduce, and address gun violence and
its causes and consequences. "Gun violence" shall include, but is not
limited to, any attempted crime, crime, attempted suicide, suicide,
intentional or unintentional injury, or death involving a firearm,
rifle, or shotgun as defined in section 265.00 of the penal law.

(b) Identify funding opportunities and other resources available
related to gun violence prevention and reduction, and increase public
awareness of such funding opportunities.

(c) Support efforts to improve the state's health and social service
system capacity and capabilities to prevent and respond to gun violence
including, but not limited to, state hospital-based violence prevention
and intervention initiatives, in consultation with the department of
health.

(d) Coordinate and strengthen timely, accurate, and complete data
collection and research regarding firearm-related injuries, fatalities,
and incidents by focusing on surveillance, prevention, and intervention
of gun violence statewide.

(e) Increase public awareness of gun violence causes and consequences
and gun violence prevention efforts through public education campaigns
or other educational efforts. Such campaigns and education efforts shall
include but not be limited to adoption of best practices related to gun
violence prevention, the impacts of various types of gun violence on
individuals, families, and communities, and resources available to
individuals at risk of gun violence and individuals impacted by gun
violence.

(f) Collaborate with, and where practicable, facilitate, and assist
political subdivisions of the state and not-for-profit organizations in
the development of local programs, services, and interventions to
prevent, reduce, and address gun violence.

(g) On or before September first, two thousand twenty-five, develop
and implement a public awareness campaign to educate the public on the
safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns and child access and
prevention. The public awareness campaign shall include, but not be
limited to, educational materials, resources and information related to
New York state child access prevention laws and laws relating to the
safe storage and transport of firearms, rifles and shotguns including
sections 265.45, 265.46, and 400.00 of the penal law, available methods
for the safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns designed to
prevent child access, firearm violence prevention resources, and county
and local specific laws and regulations related to child access
prevention and storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns.

3. Annual report. The office shall issue an annual report including,
but not limited to, information on the status of gun violence in the
state, recommendations for policy and programmatic initiatives to
prevent and reduce gun violence in the state, and a description of the
efforts of the office to carry out the duties and objectives of the
office under this section. Such report shall be posted on the division's
website no later than one year after the effective date of this section,
and annually thereafter.

4. Assistance to the office. Other state agencies and authorities
shall provide cooperation and assistance, pursuant to subdivision five
of section eight hundred thirty-six of this article, to the office in
the effective performance of its duties.

* NB Effective June 8, 2025