More funding for police departments. Partnerships with community organizations. Upgraded crime fighting technology.
Our investments have driven down gun violence to record lows across the state. But our work is far from over.
February 5, 2026 – Buffalo, NY – Governor Kathy Hochul announced that communities participating in New York State’s Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative reported the lowest levels of shooting incidents on record last year Year-end data shows that shooting incidents with injury, the number of individuals shot, and gun violence-related deaths across the 28 GIVE agencies all reached record lows statewide.
