In this edition of 'The Countdown,' we cover the newly signed legislation to make Times Square a gun-free zone.
The law defines the boundaries of Times Square as a sensitive location and authorizes the NYPD to enforce the new law.
The move comes after the state law underpinning the policy was overturned in federal court. Last week a federal judge struck down key provisions of the measure. The judge called gun free zones "unconstitutional," but the city is pressing forward. We dig into the details with the help of Warren Eller, the Chair of the Department of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.British actress Angela Lansbury, whose career spanned seven decades and earned her an honorary Academy Award, has died. Lansbury died Tuesday, according to her family. She was 96 years old.It's still "too soon to know" whether the Russian government was behind Monday's cyberattacks on over a dozen U.S.
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