Carey Gabay was among three men shot before the West Indian Day Parade festivities in Brooklyn early Monday.
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Gov. Cuomo, speaking at the funeral of his murdered aide Saturday, urged Washington Democrats to shut down the government until they get a gun control bill that works.
Cuomo delivered the eulogy at the service for Carey Gabay in Brooklyn.
“The violence has become so brutal, so aimless, that the most innocent can be struck down anytime anywhere”.
Calling for action to stop the flow of guns into New York from states with lax gun laws, Cuomo demanded “real gun control nationwide”.
Gabay was a member of the Cuomo administration for four years, and most recently served as First Deputy General Counsel at Empire State Development.
Police have not made an arrest. Gabay ran between two cars for cover but a stray shot hit him in the head.
Cuomo referenced the mass shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012 and at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina in June as he said New York’s firearm restrictions are ineffective on their own.
After he was declared brain dead, Gabay was taken off a respirator at Kings County Hospital Center and pronounced dead on September 16.
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“Carey’s life and death were not in vain, but a powerful message that has touched thousands in this city, state and nation”, Cuomo said.
