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In New York City, once proudly unwelcoming to guns, residents are arming up.
Since June 2022, when a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision forced state lawmakers to relax longstanding restrictions, tens of thousands of New Yorkers have sought permits to carry concealed weapons outside the home. The number of permit applications submitted per month has risen nearly tenfold in the past three years, according to a CITY analysis of NYPD data.
This boom could portend a city where legally carrying a firearm becomes, as in most other parts of the country, commonplace.
New York state requires every would-be gun carrier to go through a “safety training course” involving 16 hours of instruction, a written proficiency exam, and a live-fire assessment. That’s more training hours than any state but Maryland and Illinois requires, according to legal experts.
But New York hasn’t standardized the classes beyond outlining a handful of topics to touch on. As a result, a growing group of gun aficionados have stepped in to develop and run them.
Read more here about who’s signing up to get gun permits and why, in a story co-published with The Trace.
Weather ⛅
Partly sunny, with a high near 49.
MTA 🚇
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound Q trains will skip Neck Rd, Avenue U, Avenue M, Avenue J, Avenue H, Cortelyou Rd, Beverley Rd and Parkside Av from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Millions of dollars spent attacking Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral campaign came from a pro-Andrew Cuomo political action committee. Put NYC First passed through funds to other anti-Mamdani groups even as it solicited contributions to the Cuomo campaign and used the campaign's logo in ads, in what appears to be an end run around tight city election finance restrictions that prohibit coordination between big-dollar spending groups and campaigns.
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.
Thursday, Nov. 13: The New York Transit Museum’s Holiday Train Show opens Thursday. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children.
Thursday, Nov. 13: Learn about the Lenape Native Americans who were the first New Yorkers and make a corn craft at Greenbelt Nature Center in Staten Island. Free, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 15: As the days get shorter make your own decorative light at Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum in Brooklyn. Free, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
THE KICKER: For the first time in three decades, the Bronx Zoo has successfully hatched and raised a female king vulture. See her for yourself at the Birds of Prey exhibit.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Wednesday.
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