NYS Sensitive Locations

​Effective September 1, 2022, the possession of a firearm, rifle, or shotgun is prohibited in sensitive locations. Under the law, the following are considered sensitive locations:

• Any location owned or under control of federal, state, or local government for the purpose of government administration, including courts;
  
• Any location providing health, behavioral health, or chemical dependence care or services;
  
• Places of worship or religious observation;
  
• Libraries, public playgrounds, public parks, and zoos;
  
• NYS Office of Children and Family Service licensed or funded facilities (childcare facilities);
  
• Nursery schools, preschools, summer camps;
  
• NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities licensed or funded facilities;
  
• NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports licensed or funded facilities;
  
• NYS Office of Mental Health licensed or funded facilities;
  
• NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance licensed or funded facilities;
  
• Homeless shelters, family shelters, domestic violence shelters;
  
• NYS Department of Health licensed or funded residential facilities;
  
• Colleges, universities, private schools, public schools, and other educational institutions;
  
• Public transportation and transit facilities;
  
• Bars and restaurants serving alcohol, and on-premises cannabis consumption locations;
  
• Theaters, stadiums, racetracks, museums, amusement parks, performance venues, concert halls, exhibit halls, conference centers, banquet halls, gaming facilities, video lottery terminal facilities as licensed by the gaming commission;   
  
• Polling places; 
  
• Public sidewalks and other public areas that are restricted from general public access for a limited time or special event;
  
• Gatherings of people to collectively express their constitutional rights to assemble or protest; and
  
• Times Square (with boundaries determined by New York City).