Governor Kathy Hochul today issued a proclamation declaring June as Gun Violence Awareness Month in New York State. The month-long observance is an opportunity to raise awareness, honor the lives lost to gun violence, support survivors and their families, and highlight the continued work by local and state law enforcement agencies and community-based organizations to make New York’s communities safer and stronger. Additionally, Governor Hochul directed 16 landmarks across New York to be illuminated in orange to honor survivors and victims of gun violence and mark the start of Wear Orange Weekend , a national movement to raise awareness and inspire action to end gun violence

“On Wear Orange Day, I join millions of Americans in wearing orange to remind survivors, family members and every

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