2025 Press Releases

March

• 3/13/2025

• First-Ever Capital Region Missing Child Rescue Operation Results in Successful Location of 63 Children and Teens Reported as Runaways

2024 Press Releases

November

• 11/22/2024

• With Violence and Crime Down Across New York, Governor Hochul Announces National Recognition of State’s One-of-a-Kind Network of Crime Analysis Centers

October

• 10/15/2024

• New York State's First-Ever Missing Child Rescue Operation Results in Successful Location of 47 Children Reported Missing in Erie County

July

• 7/25/2024

• New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Reduce Red Tape for Programs that Provide Critical Services and Support to Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

2023 Press Releases

December

• 12/14/2023

• Governor Hochul Announces $20.3 Million to Support SNUG Street Outreach Programs in 14 Communities Across New York State

November

• 11/09/2023

• Governor Hochul Details the First Comprehensive Overview of Crime Trends Across New York State for 2023

• 11/01/2023

• Governor Hochul Announces Sustained, Significant Progress Against Gun Violence and Vehicle Thefts in the City of Rochester

October

• 10/24/2023

• Governor Hochul Announces New State Guidance for Law Enforcement Agencies When Responding to Domestic Incidents

• 10/16/2023

• Governor Hochul Announces All 532 Eligible Police Agencies In New York Have Received State Certification for Officer Employment as Required by The Professional Policing Act of 2021

July

• 07/28/2023

• Governor Hochul Announces Significant Progress in the Fight Against Gun Violence in Buffalo

• 07/19/2023

Governor Hochul Announces Creation of the New York State Council on Community Justice to Further Improve Effectiveness and Fairness of the State’s Criminal Justice System

June

• 06/20/2023

• Governor Hochul Announces Nearly $36.2 Million to Law Enforcement Agencies Participating in State’s Gun Involved Violence Elimination Initiative

May

• 05/09/2023

• Governor Hochul Honors 55 Police Officers Who Sacrificed Their Lives in Service to Their Communities

April

• 04/19/2023

• Governor Hochul Announces More Than $1.68 Million in Grants Through New York State’s Securing Reproductive Health Centers Program

• 04/14/2023

• Fifth-Grade Pupil from Brooklyn Wins New York State’s Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest

March

• 03/24/2023

• Governor Hochul Announces New Initiative to Help Police and Prosecutors in Five Jurisdictions Solve Non-Fatal Shootings and Prevent Retaliatory Gun Violence

January

• 01/24/2023

• Governor Hochul Announces Expansion of the Capital Region Crime Analysis Center and Highlights State of the State Proposals to Increase Funding for Local Law Enforcement Agencies

• 01/13/2023

• Governor Hochul Announces $1.5 Million in Federal Funding to Three Communities for New Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Pilot Project

2022 Press Releases

July

• 07/14/2022

• Governor Hochul Announces $13.6 Million to Fight Gun Violence, Aid Victims and Survivors, and Bolster State Response to Public Health Crisis

June

• 06/03/2022
• Governor Hochul Announces Largest Ever Investment in New York State's Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) Initiative

May

• 05/10/2022
• Governor Hochul Honors 49 Police Officers Who Sacrificed Their Lives in Service to Their Communities

April

• 04/29/2022
  • Governor Hochul Announces Expansion of State's SNUG Street Outreach Program to Niagara Falls, Schenectady and Utica to Reduce Gun Violence
• 04/13/2022
  • Governor Hochul Announces Nearly $16 Million to Improve Safety and Security of Organizations at Risk of Hate Crimes

• 04/07/2022
  • Fifth-grade Pupil from Queens Wins New York’s Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest

March

• 03/09/2022
  • Governor Hochul Announces New SNUG Street Outreach Staff Trained to Deploy Into Communities to Tackle Gun Violence Epidemic