The following day ( the second full day of the 2013 legislative session ) , the New York State Assembly approved the legislation by a 104 – 43 vote , and Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law less than one hour later . The passage of the law made New York the first to pass restrictions on gun laws since the Sandy Hook massacre . Cuomo described the law as the toughest gun control law in the United States
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