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Silver: Tentative gun deal in hand, expect vote tonight

Monday January 14, 2013 5:45 PM By Yancey Roy

New York leaders have reached a tentative agreement to strengthen gun control laws and could vote on it by Monday evening, the Legislature’s top Democrat said.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) said legislators and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo reached a deal Monday afternoon. Though final details were still being discussed, lawmakers have been discussing laws to tighten loopholes in New...

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