A New York appeals court heard oral arguments on January 14 in a challenge to a controversial knife law that has landed tens of thousands of suspects in jail over the past ten years. New York’s ...

After passing both the Assembly and the Senate two years in a row, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill Monday that would have legalized gravity knives, a type of folding knife, in the state. Cuomo said in ...

Gov. Cuomo vetoed legislation Saturday that would have eased restrictions against certain folding knives. The “gravity knives” bill, sponsored by state Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island) and ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The ban on gravity knives in New York has been lifted, and while it's good news for many workers and artisans, it's creating a new problem for some law enforcement officers.

The application of New York State's law banning so-called gravity knives by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. was found unconstitutionally vague by a federal judge in Manhattan ...

Democratic lawmakers in Albany are once again trying to reform New York State’s broadly criticized “gravity knife” law, seeing new urgency in an era when even minor arrests can lead to serious ...

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Black and Latino men had often been charged under New York’s unusual ban on the knives, which are opened with a flick of the wrist. By Jesse McKinley Over the past 60 years, tens of thousands of black ...

A so-called gravity knife. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vetoed a bill that would have amended the definition of so-called gravity knives to exclude some blades. ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Gov. Andrew ...

ALBANY -- Gravity knives will remain illegal in New York. After passing both the Assembly and the Senate two years in a row, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill Monday that would have legalized gravity ...